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Women entrepreneurs are known not only to reimburse loans swifter than men, but also to receive smaller loans. However …
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This study was driven by an initial finding that female founders’ participation rates in Israeli accelerators are significantly higher (15.3%) than their participation rate in the Israeli startup sector (7.4%). Linking accelerators’ design to the known barriers for female entrepreneurship,...
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There is substantial research on how women differ from men as new business (venture) founders, but little on how women may differ from men as venture funders. We respond with theory and evidence from an unconventional venture funding context: migrants' remittances to developing countries. We...
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Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares … of women. Based on a survey of 50 men and 50 women entrepreneurs in the regions of Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, our results …
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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 formation in an instrumental variables framework, using a...
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embeddedness of women entrepreneurs or the institutional environment for women's entrepreneurship. We contribute to the literature … business sizes. We also highlight the agency of women entrepreneurs in influencing their spatial-institutional contexts. …
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Interest in women entrepreneurs from various backgrounds and perspectives have led to increased publication in the … questions by providing another perspective on women entrepreneurs. Specifically this study examines women entrepreneurs from … Brazil, using a sample across racial lines. The article examines the characteristics of women entrepreneurs across three key …
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led these endeavors, and changes in the characteristics of women entrepreneurs over time. She also presents materials in …
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entrepreneurs and the role of microfinance in assisting women to start micro enterprises. The paper also looks at the reasons of … SHGs to support women entrepreneurs. The paper brings out the fact that young women are enthusiastic to be a part of SHG …
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