a comparative study of male and female business owners /
Lauren Read.
New York :
Routledge,
1998.
xi, 231 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm.
Routledge studies in small business ;
5
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-224) and index.
1. The growth and characteristics of female entrepreneurship -- 2. The financing of women-owned businesses: an empirical overview and theoretical framework -- 3. Research into the financing of women-owned businesses: methodological considerations -- 4. Raising finance: the use of and attitudes towards sources of small business finance -- 5. The characteristics of the banking relationship -- 6. The role of networking in the financing of male and female-owned businesses -- 7. Conclusions, implications and an agenda for future research.