Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts

Cristina Díaz-García, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Friederike Welter (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2016
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78471-741-4 (ISBN)

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As a rare and current overview of women’s entrepreneurship, it presents evidence of the positive impact that achieving equality in gendered institutions would have, how to facilitate meso-institutions’ impact and how to foster entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial initiative at the individual level.

The phenomenon of women's entrepreneurship has gained significant momentum across the globe. Written by leading scholars from a wide range of countries, this book advances the understanding of women's entrepreneurship by drawing attention to the contexts they operate in. It is the fifth in the series of books produced in partnership with the Diana International Research Network.In this book, expert contributors explore female potential and how entrepreneurs make decisions within a multi-layered gendered context. As a rare and current overview of women's entrepreneurship, it presents evidence of the positive impact that achieving equality in gendered institutions would have, how to facilitate meso-institutions' impact and how to foster entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial initiative at the individual level. A crucial discussion of how women's entrepreneurship could benefit from a more comprehensive concept of innovation or implementing entrepreneurial policies focused on women is also included.

With its focus on advancing knowledge about gender issues within the business realm, Women's Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts will be of interest to researchers, faculty and students as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

Contributors include: R. Aidis, L. Alexandre, G. Armannsdottir, T. Bijedic, A.M. Bojica, C. Brindley, S. Brink, C.G. Brush, S. Coleman, S. Cooper, L. De Vita, M. del Mar Fuentes, C. Díaz-García, K. Ettl, A. Ford, C. Foster, E.J. Gatewood, G. Gunay, B.R. Hernández-Sánchez, E.B. Kahraman, S. Kriwoluzky, J.V. León, M. Mari, D. Nziku, C. Pich, S. Poggesi, A. Robb, M. Ruiz-Arroyo, J.C. Sánchez-García, M. Tillmar, D. Uygur, F. Welter, D. Wheatley

Edited by Cristina Díaz-García, Professor, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Candida G. Brush, Franklin W. Olin Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-founder and Research Director- Diana International Research institute (DIRI) Babson College, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Research Professor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, US and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

Contents:

1. Introduction: Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts
Cristina Díaz-García, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Friederike Welter

PART I INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS EXPLAINING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2. The Role of Gendered Institutional Contexts in the Rate and Type of Women’s Entrepreneurship Across Countries
Matilde Ruiz Arroyo, Maria del Mar Fuentes and Ana Maria Bojica

3. Business and Occupational Crowding: Implications for Female Entrepreneurship Development and Success
Ruta Aidis

4. Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship – (Why) are Women Entrepreneurs Less Innovative?
Teita Bijedić, Siegrun Brink, Kerstin Ettl, Silke Kriwoluzky, Friederike Welter

5. Strategies and Policies Influencing Entrepreneurial Start-Up Decisions: Evidence from Tanzanian Female Entrepreneurs
Dina Nziku

PART II MESO-ORGANSATIONAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
6. The Gendered Contextualization of SME Cooperation in Urban East Africa
Malin Tillmar

7. Management in Small Firms Run by Women: A Case Study of Handicraft Exporters
Janina V. León

8. Supporting Artisan Communities Through Social Entrepreneurship in Kenya: An Exploration of Soko
Alanna Ford and Sarah Cooper

9. Empowering Women through Social Entrepreneurship with Innovative Business Models: Cases from Turkey
Duygu Uygur, Elif Bezal Kahraman and Gonca Gunay

10. Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Enterprises: Evidence from the United States
Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb

PART III WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS EMBEDDED AGENCY: ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION, FIRM CREATION AND MANAGEMENT
11. The Entrepreneurial Potential of Spanish University Women Based on a Psychosocial Model
José C. Sánchez-García & Brizeida R. Hernández-Sánchez

12. Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Lebanese Students; An Overview of a Gender Study
Laurice Alexandre

13. An Exploration of Icelandic Marketing Women Entrepreneurs
Guja Armansdottir, Clare Brindley, Carley Foster, Daniel Wheatley and Christopher Pich

14. Women Entrepreneurs and Performance: Evidence from Italy
Michela Mari, Sara Pogessi and Luisa De Vita

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Erscheinungsdatum	30.11.2016
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-78471-741-X / 178471741X
ISBN-13	978-1-78471-741-4 / 9781784717414
Zustand	Neuware