Gender, risk and finance: why can't a woman be more like a man?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 80-96

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Swail, Janine ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; finance; gender; risk

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCE; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; MASCULINIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84893669257     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2013.860484     Document Type: Article

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