This book presents a review of the role of overconfidence in small firms and explores how biased judgment and decision …

-edged Sword; Kathinka Best, Marie Heidingsfelder, Martina Schraudner.-Chapter 3. Women's Role in Biotechnology Research: The Case …, Commercialization and Thought Leadership in Computing: Examining Women’s Participation in Information Technology Patenting and …

, Engineering and Mathematics) setting, helping readers understand key trends and developments. The need for more women in … insights into both the education and employment of women in STEM. It investigates how the gender gap has evolved among STEM … provides readers an understanding of how the so-called ‘leaky pipeline’ operates, and of how more women than men drop out of …

Examining women’s diverse experiences of male-dominated work, this ground-breaking book explores what sexuality and … gender means to women working in the construction and transport industries. Using accounts from heterosexual women and … sectors. Drawing on interviews and focus groups, the author examines why women choose to enter male-dominated industries …

segregation, undervaluation of women’s skills and work, and gender pay gaps prevail.’ Gill Kirton, Professor and Associate Dean … printing industry, this book tackles the ongoing issue of pay inequality and examines the challenges facing many women today … that generate and sustain women’s invisibility and argues that women’s power is often outflanked by that of their male …

, education, consumption are made. This is especially relevant for the position of women. The book gathers key insights from a …, Uruguay -- Gendered Welfare Regimes, Work-Family Patterns and Women’s Employment -- Mining, Paternalism and the Spread of …