Incubation or Induction? Gendered Identity Work in the Context of Technology Business Incubation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 791-816

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Mcadam, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84934434497     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12062     Document Type: Article

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