Women entrepreneurs and venture capital: Managing the shadow negotiation

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-76

  Nelson, Teresa ^a   Maxfield, Sylvia ^a   Kolb, Deborah ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Gender; Negotiating; Venture capital; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993064640     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566260910942345     Document Type: Article

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