Women's business ownership: recent research and policy developments
Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)Published 1 November 2006
S.L. Carter, Eleanor Shaw
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This report aims to provide a current assessment of recent research investigating women's business ownership. The report builds on a previous review undertaken by the authors on behalf of the Small Business Service (Carter, Anderson and Shaw, 2001). The report also explores in broad terms the role and contribution of recent policy developments in changing the landscape of women's enterprise in the UK.
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