... less attention. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Gender Succession planning Small firms Skills The proportion of family membership varied by business sector with a mean of 2.8 family members across the whole sample and a range of two to six family members per company. There was variation...

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... Women Small firms VOLUME 6 NUMBER 6 1991 The Changing Pattern of Women Entrepreneurs: The Singapore Experience Irene K.H. Chew and Tan Chew Yan National University of Singapore Today, women are making a major contribution to the Singapore economy. The percentage of females in the labour force has...

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