Questioning dominant entrepreneurship assumptions: The case of female ethnic minority entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 612-630

  Verduijn, Karen ^a   Essers, Caroline ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deconstruction; discourse; entrepreneurial myth; entrepreneurship; ethnic minority entrepreneurship; gendered entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEGEMONY; IDEOLOGY; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOMENS STATUS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84888070680     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2013.814718     Document Type: Article

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