Gender differences in entrepreneurial networking and participation

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-227

  Klyver, Kim ^a   Grant, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Gender; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037813     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261011079215     Document Type: Article

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