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Struggling with social capital: Pakistani women micro entrepreneurs’ challenges in acquiring resources

Marta LindvertDepartment of Business, Economics and Law, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pankaj C. PatelVillanova School of Business, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
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Joakim WincentEntrepreneurship and Organization, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland;Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Pages 759-790 | Received 07 Mar 2015, Accepted 27 Jun 2017, Published online: 20 Jul 2017

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