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There are thousands of resources available to help the small to mid-sized business improve their business acumen. Here are a few:
Adler, Paul S., and Seok-Woo Kwon. "Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept." Academy of Management Review 27, no. 1 (2002): 17-40. http://www.uky.edu/~skwon2/Social%20capital.pdf. Anderson, Alistair R., and Sarah Jack. "The Articulation of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Networks: A Glue or a Lubricant?" Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 14, no. 3 (2002): 193-210. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=deh5wwlbt4l036kg Anna, Alexandra L., Gaylen N. Chandler, Erik Jansen, and Neal P. Mero. "Women Business Owners in Traditional and Non-traditional Industries." Journal of Business Venturing 15, no. 3 (2000): 279-303. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-3Y51TSW-4&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=43cd7f887ece29c1c77058f82ba44a57 Baker, Ted, Howard E. Aldrich, and Nina Liou. "Invisible Entrepreneurs: The Neglect of Women Business Owners by Mass Media and Scholarly Journals in the USA." Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 9, no. 3 (1997): 221-238. http://www.celcee.edu/abstracts/c19981884.htmlBates, Timothy. "Restricted Access to Markets Characterizes Women-Owned Businesses." Journal of Business Venturing 17, no. 4 (2002): 313-324. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-44HSYT8-2&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=5ebdea5f8cf042eb1d4a7061d1385ba2Billington, Jim. "Meet Your New Mentor. It's A Network." Harvard Management Update. (August 1997): 3-4. http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=U9708A&_requestid=31315. Boden, Jr., Richard J., and Alfred R. Nucci. "On the Survival Prospects of Men's and Women's New Business Ventures." Journal of Business Venturing 15, no. 4 (2000): 347-362. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-40D0M62-3&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=2c9d3995b835a0a17fed86cab1a47d13 Boyer, Naomi. "Leaders Mentoring Leaders: Unveiling Role Identity in an International Online Environment." Mentoring & Tutoring 11 (January 2003). http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=arxdn0gm1r2jxa15 Brattina, Anita F. Diary of a Small Business Owner: A Personal Account of How I Built a Profitable Business. AMACOM, 1996.
Bruyat, Christian, and Pierre-Andre Julien. "Defining the Field of Research in Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 16, no. 2 (2000): 165-180. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-41WSBY4-4&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=9abd71a66fff89017e8047862029cada Burke, Ronald J., and Debra L. Nelson. Advancing Women's Careers: Research and Practice. Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
Buttner, E. Holly. "Female Entrepreneurs: How Far Have They Come?" Business Horizons 36, no. 2 (1993): 59-65.
Center for Women's Business Research. "Entrepreneurial Vision in Action: Exploring Growth among Women-and Men-Owned Firms." 2000. http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/PressReleases/2-27-2001/2-27-2001.htm Center for Women's Business Research. "Paths to Entrepreneurship: New Directions for Women in Business." 1998. http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/PressReleases/2-27-2001/2-27-2001.h/2-24-1998/2-24-1998.htm Center for Women's Business Research. "Women-owned Firms Are Selling to Governments, Corporations." 1998. http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/PressReleases/2-27-2001/2-27-2001.h/10-15-1998/10-15-1998.htm Collins, Nancy. Professional Women and Their Mentors. Prentice-Hall. 1983.
Cooper, Arnold C., Timothy B. Folta, and Carolyn Woo. "Entrepreneurial Information Search." Journal of Business Venturing 10, no. 2 (1995): 107-120. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-3XY2J5R-T&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=6b0c2301824a8e340f9bf1c2a83010b6 Costlow, Terry. "Women Fight Gender Gap With Self-Employment." TechWeb (2000). http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000808S0016
Dahl, Cheryl. "Women's Ways of Mentoring." Fast Company 17 (1998): 186. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/17/womentoring.html Davidsson, Per, Murray B. Low, and Mike Wright. "Editor's Introduction: Low and MacMillan Ten Years On: Achievements and Future Directions for Entrepreneurship Research." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 25, no. 4 (2001): 5-15.
Domeyer, Diane. "Mentoring Boosts Business." Women in Business 51, no. 6 (1999): 20.
Edward Lowe Foundation. "The PeerSpectivesTM Guide to Leading Your Company." 2002. http://edwardlowe.org/second1.shtml Eggeman, Robin Joy Galley. "Touchstone Mentoring: A Multiple Mentor Model That Mirrors Women's Career Development Needs." Ph.D. diss., The American University, 1996.
http://www.american.edu/cas/soe/dissertation_right.html#eggman Erikson, Truls. "Entrepreneurial Capital: The Emerging Venture's Most Important Asset and Competitive Advantage." Journal of Business Venturing 17, no. 3 (2002): 275-290. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-44F806J-5&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=fc03e29eff5429f22a7269198af614ee
Evans, Daniel, and Thierry Volery. "Online Business Development Services for Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Study." Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 13, no. 4 (2001): 333-350. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=qe71yqlg8dw9165u
Fenn, Donna. "A League of Your Own." Inc. May 1998. http://www.inc.com/magazine/19980515/1129.html
Gallagher, Carol. Going to the Top. Penguin Group, 2000.
Gatewood, Elizabeth, Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart , eds. Women Entrepreneurs, Their Ventures, And The Venture Capital Industry: An Annotated Bibliography, ESBRI, 2003. http://www.esbri.se/diana.asp?link=annotated
Griffin, Cynthia E. "Know the SCORE." Entrepreneur.com. May 1999. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,230272,00.html
Gundry, Lisa K. "The Leadership Focus of Women Entrepreneurs at Start-up and Early-Growth Stages." A Leadership Journal: Women In Leadership - Sharing the Vision 2, no. 1 (1997): 69-77.
________, and Harold P. Welsch. "The Ambitious Entrepreneur: High Growth Strategies of Women-Owned Enterprises." Journal of Business Venturing 16, no. 5 (2001): 453-470. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-42JYW56-2&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=5a0861467679b37ecafc0bca450aa6b3
Hansford, Brian, Lee Tennent, and Lisa Catherine Ehrich. "Business Mentoring: Help or Hindrance?" Mentoring and Tutoring 10, no. 2 (2002): 101-115. http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=djuv83k4xmqj8c57
Helzberg Jr., Barnett. "Mentoring is for Entrepreneurs, Too." http://entreworld.org/Content/EntreByline.cfm?ColumnID=14
Higgins, Monica C., and Kathy Kram. "Reconceptualizing Mentoring at Work: A Developmental Network Perspective." Academy of Management Review 26, no. 2 (2001): 264-288.
Hill, Linda, and Nancy Kamprath. "Beyond the Myth of the Perfect Mentor: Building a Network of Developmental Relationships." Harvard Business School. June 1998.
Holliday, Micki. Coaching, Mentoring and Managing . The Career Press, Inc. 2001.
Holmquist, Carin. "The Other Side of the Coin or Another Coin? Women's Entrepreneurship as a Complement or an Alternative?" Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 9, no. 3 (1997): 179-182.
Jack, Sarah L., and Alistair R. Anderson. "The Effects of Embeddedness on the Entrepreneurial Process." Journal of Business Venturing 17, no. 5 (2002): 467-487. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-45TS5TG-4&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=3663c897b0c340ef38cc6fc84039e7bf
Jeruchim, Joan, and Pat Shapiro. Women, Mentors and Success. Ballantine Books, 1992.
Kealy, William A., and Carol A. Mullen. "Guest Editors' Introduction: At the Nexus of Mentoring and Technology." Mentoring & Tutoring 11 (January 2003). http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=qu2na1ghb8guq5rv
________. "Epilogue: Unresolved Questions about Mentoring and Technology." Mentoring & Tutoring 11 (January 2003). http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=gcnp3mr8u2ywvpl3
Keating, Lisa. "Women Mentoring Women: The Rewards of Giving." Women in Business 54, no. 1 (2002): 28.
Klein, Karen E. "What Women Entrepreneurs Really Want." BusinessWeek Online (2003). http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2003/sb20030325_1601.htm
Kooiman, Perter. "Mentorships: The Ultimate Networking Tool." HomeOfficeMag.com. September 2001. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,292332,00.html
Koplovitz, Kay. "Mentoring is Fundamental." http://entreworld.org/Content/EntreByline.cfm?ColumnID=428
Leonard, Dorothy, and Walter Swap. "Gurus in the Garage." Harvard Business Review. (November-December 2000): 5-12. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=1864&t=entrepreneurship
Littman, Barbara. The Women's Business Resource Guide. Contemporary Books, 1996. http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/mgh.jsp?doi=10.1036/0809231662
Mueller, Stephen. "A Cross-National Study of Gender Gaps in Potential for Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management National Meeting. August 2002. http://www.celcee.edu/abstracts/c20022878.html
Mulhern, Charlotte. "Peer Power." Entrepreneur.com. December 1996. http://www.entrepreneur.com/mag/article/0,1539,226664,00.html
National Mentoring Center. "Assessing the Potential of E-mentoring: A Survey of Current Issues." 2003. http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/panel.html
Nigro, Nicholas. The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book . Adams Media Corporation, 2003.
Noe, Raymond A. "Women and Mentoring: A Review and Research Agenda." Academy of Management Review 13 (1998): 65-78.
Packard, Becky Wai-ling. "Web-based Mentoring: Challenging Traditional Models to Increase Women's Access." Mentoring & Tutoring 11 (January 2003). http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=fhpcp3pxy4py6nng
Ratnatunga, Janek, and Claudio Romano. "A "Citation Classics" Analysis of Articles in Contemporary Small Enterprise Research." Journal of Business Venturing 12, no. 3 (1997): 197-212. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-3SWXNSD-3&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=c352791acfc33c15d76fce75286b6f5f
Richards, Sally. "2001 - A Mentoring Odyssey." HighTechCareers.com.
Schwartz, Karen. "2001 Web Guide: Development & Mentoring." Working Woman (Special Internet Issue Supplement), 2000, 84.
Sinclair, Catherine. "Mentoring Online About Mentoring: Possibilities and Practice." Mentoring & Tutoring 11 (January 2003). http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=abt5p5xvk23t3ag3
Starr, J., and M. Yudkin, Women Entrepreneurs: A Review of Current Research. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women. http://www.wcwonline.org/title96.html
Stewart, Jr., Wayne H., Warren E. Watson, Joann C. Carland, and James W. Carland. "A Proclivity for Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Corporate Managers." Journal of Business Venturing 14, no. 2 (1999): 189-214. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_uoikey=B6VDH-3V7SNBG-3&_origin=EMFR&_version=1&md5=fd37ef61e3c22394e8f22983d1c01074
Seymour, Judy, and Annette Vincent. "Profile of Women Mentors: A National Survey." S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal 60, no. 2 (1995): 4. http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:17765188&refid=ency%5Fbotnm
Wayshak, Corinne. "A Business Case for Formal Mentoring." http://entreworld.org/Content/EntreByline.cfm?ColumnID=431
Woodd, Maureen. "The Challenges of Telementoring." Journal of European Industrial Training 23, no. 3 (1999): 140-144. http://titania.emeraldinsight.com/vl=1279471/cl=86/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/linker?ini=emerald&reqidx=/cw/mcb/03090590/v23n3/s4/p140
Zey, Michael G. The Mentor Connection: Strategic Alliances in Corporate Life. Transaction Publishers, 1993. http://www.zey.com/newbooks.htm
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