The purpose of this paper is to analyse the factors that influence female entrepreneurship in Spain, using … Entrepreneurship Monitor and National Statistics Institute of Spain) covering the period 2003–2010. The main findings indicate that … informal factors (recognition of entrepreneurial career and female networks) are more relevant for female entrepreneurship than …

(financing, support policies to entrepreneurship and education). The study contributes both theoretically (advancing in the field … from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The main findings indicate that informal factors (perceived capabilities to … start a business, social networks and family role) are more relevant for female entrepreneurship than formal factors …

findings indicate that the most significant barriers to involvement in entrepreneurial activities for Saudi women are a fear of … policy makers and future research seeking the institutions' effect on female entrepreneurship in the Middle East and Gulf …