Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia

This article contributes to the study of women's entrepreneurship in transition economies by examining Russian self-employed women's experiences and interpretations of gender in the context of entrepreneurship. It traces how gender articulates the opportunities for and the constraints on e...

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Main Authors: Suvi Salmenniemi, Päivi Karhunen, Riitta Kosonen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Republic of Karelia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09668136.2011.534304
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author Suvi Salmenniemi
Päivi Karhunen
Riitta Kosonen
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Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia
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title Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia
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title_full Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia
title_fullStr Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia
title_full_unstemmed Between Business and : Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Russia
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