, discrimination, and choice in rationalizing women's exclusion from fully participating in the process of knowledge production, as … well as examining institutional impediments. Contextualizing arguments against women's inclusion and including contemporary … universal difficulties that women encounter as they seek to participate fully in the process of knowledge production …

Enterprising new firms drive economic growth, and women around the world are important contributors to that growth. As … themselves, their families, communities, and countries. This volume explores the role women entrepreneurs play in this economic …pt. 1. Country reports on women's entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. Research topics on the growth of women-owned businesses …

This important new book addresses the growing international interest in women on corporate boards of directors …

of women who made significant contributions to economics. It sheds new light on the rich, but too often neglected …, heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and participation in the discipline of economics. In addition to those who … wrote in English, some notable Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish women economists …

This book documents the progress that managerial and professional women have made in advancing their careers, and the … challenges and opportunities that remain. In the context of increasing numbers of women entering the workplace and indeed … pursuing professional and managerial careers, it examines why so few women occupy the top positions in corporations …