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 …

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 … (financing, support policies to entrepreneurship and education). The study contributes both theoretically (advancing in the field …

findings indicate that the most significant barriers to involvement in entrepreneurial activities for Saudi women are a fear of … their families mediates their ability to become entrepreneurs. The study also investigated female perceptions of lifting … driving banning, though it showed no significant impact on their probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The results will aid …

environment are factors defining the context in which women and men become entrepreneurs. Public strategies regarding gender …This chapter seeks to explore the institutional effects on the probability of becoming an entrepreneur, for both women …

This article addresses theoretical and empirical issues concerning the emergent field of transnational entrepreneurship … this phenomenon in the Spanish context. Entrepreneurship, ethnic and TE literature is combined with institutional approach … the north-east of Spain). We do this by looking at four case studies of transnational entrepreneurs with different …