Despite a steady increase in the number of self-employed women, the so-called gender gap has hardly diminished. Based …-induced employment breaks - which from a theoretical perspective go along with a loss of human capital - explain women's lower start …

In Europe, entrepreneurship is promoting and in SMEs are over 99%. SMEs are viewed like the “economics engine”, they … economy in generally. In the past years, Europe has increased interest in female entrepreneurship. This support has resulted … in the creation and implementation of public policies to encourage women to engage into business, and thereby stimulate …

This paper outlines the characteristics and determinants of Puerto Rican female entrepreneurs in 2007. This study … utilizes data from the Adult Population Survey (APS) for 2007 from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project. We find … that female entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico are most likely sole owners of their business establishment, face many local …

evaluations which are restricted to microfinance clients, we consider two more representative groups: a random sample of women … operating subsistence enterprises, and a random sample of women who are out of the labor force but interested in starting a … of follow-up surveys taken over two years and find that the short- and medium-term impacts differ. For women already in …

The study identifies the various reasons why women become entrepreneurs, considering their life cycle and the factors … that have encouraged them, using the qualitative paradigm based on case studies of twenty-four women entrepreneurs in Peru …. The research identified six profiles according to the different routes by which women choose entrepreneurship: Young Women …

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the moderating effect of perceived feminist identity of women sales managers … on transformational leadership and sales performance relationships. A web-based questionnaire was used and 140 women …

? What is the impact of women entrepreneurs on SME development? and Can Indonesian SMEs be sources of innovation? Design … and marketing difficulties. Third, representation of women entrepreneurs is still relatively low and can be attributed to … reasons. Originality/value – The paper considers the involvement of women in SMEs in a Muslim-majority country and contributes …

? What is the impact of women entrepreneurs on SME development? and Can Indonesian SMEs be sources of innovation? Design … and marketing difficulties. Third, representation of women entrepreneurs is still relatively low and can be attributed to … reasons. Originality/value – The paper considers the involvement of women in SMEs in a Muslim-majority country and contributes …