countries, women entrepreneurs in Swaziland have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to fund it from formal sources … than men. Among women entrepreneurs, those with college education and confident in their skills tend to start their firms … search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both …

countries, women entrepreneurs in Swaziland have smaller start-up capital and are less likely to fund it from formal sources … than men. Among women entrepreneurs, those with college education and confident in their skills tend to start their firms … search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both …

strengthening the link between MFIs and women entrepreneurship. We have used a qualitative methodology, using primary data collected … encouraging women’s entrepreneurship. Hence, this paper not only examines empowerment, which women are attaining from microfinance … practitioners to develop policies for boosting women’s entrepreneurship and to help their existing women clients with efficient …

measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa …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 …

propensities between men and women. The consequences of the assumed differential importance of household and family generate … chance of females in 'unentrepreneurial' cultures being relatively entrepreneurial compared to males. Also women from …

belief that female entrepreneurs are discriminated against in the credit market. This paper empirically investigates such … propensity score matching, the paper finds no evidence to support the common wisdom that women are discriminated in the credit … and entrepreneurship, but suggest they be grounded on more robust footings such as managers' education, firms' ownership …

Women's weak bargaining power against spouses can be a hurdle to their entrepreneurship opportunities. By utilizing the … state- and time-varying divorce laws in the U.S., we find that female entrepreneurship increases significantly when the … divorce laws give women stronger bargaining power. This effect mainly comes from an increase in survival rate by existing …

contribute to the ecosystem literature and link to the stream of female entrepreneurship …

from an angel investor is independent of the entrepreneurs' gender and initial asking valuation. However, consistent with …

as means of increasing women’s participation rates in innovative entrepreneurship … known barriers for female entrepreneurship, we examined how accelerators may enhance female entrepreneurship by addressing …