Female entrepreneurship: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

Female Entrepreneurship: Implications for Education, Training and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-36

  Carter, Sara ^a   Marlow, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203013533     Document Type: Chapter

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