From business ownership to informal market traders: The characteristics of female entrepreneurship in Lithuania

Enterprising Women in Transition Economies

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 119-142

  Aidis, Ruta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85082453406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315256368-16     Document Type: Chapter

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