Bank-Firm Relationships: Do Perceptions Vary by Gender?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 837-858

  Saparito, Patrick ^a   Elam, Amanda ^b   Brush, Candida ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84880046967     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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