Women's entrepreneurship in Finland

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 112-127

  Kovalainen, Anne ^a   Arenius, Pia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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