“Either We Start from Scratch, or We Close It”. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Entrepreneurs in Transylvania, Romania
By: Orsolya Gergely and Andrea Zerkula
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aussoc-2021-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2248-0854
Language: English
Page range: 60 - 78
Published online: Dec 22, 2021
Published in print: Dec 1, 2021
Published by: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
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