Gender, context and entrepreneurial learning

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-129

  Ettl, Kerstin ^a   Welter, Friederike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Gender; Germany; Learning; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172488     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261011050991     Document Type: Article

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