Managerial performance and business success: Gender differences in Canadian and Israeli entrepreneurs

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-331

  Dafna, Kariv ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Critical success factors; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Israel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044156     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506200810913890     Document Type: Article

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