Industry gender imprinting and new venture creation: The liabilities of women’s leagues in the sports industry

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 94-128

  Micelotta, Evelyn ^a   Washington, Marvin ^b   Docekalova, Iva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender imprinting; Liabilities; New venture creation; Sports industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044110494     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258717732778     Document Type: Article

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