Gender and entrepreneurial capital: Implications for firm performance

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-41

  Shaw, Eleanor ^a   Marlow, Susan ^b   Lam, Wing ^c   Carter, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Capital; Entrepreneurialism; Gender; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998896     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566260910942327     Document Type: Article

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