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context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in … embeddedness of women entrepreneurs or the institutional environment for women's entrepreneurship. We contribute to the literature … institutional contexts for women's entrepreneurship and their intersections, as informed by entrepreneurship, gender and geography …
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male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support … measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa …
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This study explores success rates in angel financing based on the gender composition of entrepreneurial teams using unique, hand-collected data from the television program Shark Tank. We find that the likelihood of a team receiving an offer from an angel investor is independent of the...
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known barriers for female entrepreneurship, we examined how accelerators may enhance female entrepreneurship by addressing … as means of increasing women’s participation rates in innovative entrepreneurship …
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Entrepreneurship is an important economic source for any country. However, the share of female entrepreneurs is still … findings in the (women) entrepreneurship literature, we build on social learning theory (Bandura 1973) and argue that role … models’ promotion of entrepreneurship, we distinguish different types of role models. We hypothesize that different role …
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heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs. …
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Research suggests that barriers and constraints encountered by women are gender-specific, and that women are subject to discriminatory practices. However, by focusing on what women are prevented from doing, much research portrays women as victims of circumstance rather than as individuals with...
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underrepresented founders. The article ends with an extensive set of research ideas motivated by the gaps in the entrepreneurship …
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Previous studies found mixed answers whether women-owned firms are less successful than men-owned firms. Women entrepreneurs may lag behind men because they tend to have less human capital, they may have different personal preferences toward their businesses, and they tend to choose highly...
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Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …
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