Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-149

  Treanor, Lorna ^a   Henry, Colette ^b  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business formation; Entrepreneurialism; Gender; Ireland; Universities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159922     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261011051008     Document Type: Article

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