Comparing the growth and external funding of male-and female-controlled SMEs in Australia

Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs and their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 205-231

  Watson, John ^a   Newby, Rick ^a   Mahuka, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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