Female underperformance or goal-oriented behavior?
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New venture performance; Gender; Goals; Resources; Human capital; Social capital; Financial capital;All these keywords.
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- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
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