Women empowering women: Female entrepreneurs and home-based producers in jordan

Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth: A Research Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 118-136

  Al Dajani, Haya ^a   Carter, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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