Why women claim to be less entrepreneurial than men

Women's Entrepreneurship and Economics: New Perspectives, Practices, and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-122

  Espíritu Olmos, Roberto ^a   Sastre Castillo, Miguel Angel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84927958101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1293-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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