Gender and innovation: State of the art and a research agenda

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 236-256

  Agnete Alsos, Gry ^a   Ljunggren, Elisabet ^b   Hytti, Ulla ^c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; Innovation; Research agenda; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884526607     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJGE-06-2013-0049     Document Type: Article

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