Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … the start of the Great Recession. In this paper, we re-examine the impact of liquidity constraints on new business … business start-ups. Therefore, public policies specifically targeted at relieving the liquidity constraints of women could help …

of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs. We find that females are less likely to export … (voluntarily or involuntarily) from male-dominated networks or business practices …

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Locating Female Business Owners in the Historiography -- Chapter 2: Women and their … in business than previously acknowledged. Moreover, women were able to establish and expand their businesses far beyond … the case. In fact, women continued to act as autonomous and independent entrepreneurs, and used business ownership as a …