Women Entrepreneurship Across Racial Lines: Current Status, Critical Issues, and Future Implications

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-381

  Smith Hunter, Andrea ^a  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women entrepreneurs; Asian American women entrepreneurs; Hispanic American women entrepreneurs; statistics on women entrepreneurs; women business owners; women entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990352307     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192704268597     Document Type: Article

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