May 2004
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h
English
book
Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High-Growth Businesses
by Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, Myra M. Hart
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INDEX 259
size of women-owned firms,
144–145
reasons, 145–147
statistics, 5
strategies, 4, 4f, 154
ambitious strategy, 158–159
deliberate strategy, 159–160
dimensions, 157, 158f
funding choices, 47–48
guidelines for decision nodes,
162–163
maintenance strategy,
161–162
slow-growth risks, 45
variable strategy, 160–161
see also Challenges to growth;
Lane, Jennifer (case exam-
ple); Reynolds Moore,
Rebecca (case example)
H
Hammer, Katherine (Kay), case
example, 102–104
Handspring, 22–23, 106, 248
Harvard Business School, case
teaching materials changes, 94
Hawkins, Jeff, 22
Helzberg, Barnett, 109
Hewlett Packard, 100
Highland Venture Partners, 62
Home Depot, 215
Howe, E. G. Carol, 160
Human capital, 19, 25–26, 90, 110
enhancement areas, 108
school, 108 ...
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