absorbing more women in the formal labor force. Originality/value – This paper adds meaningfully to research in an area that has …

Purpose – Research in gender and development (GAD) remains largely preoccupied with women's issues and ignores the … patriarchy. For development to be truly transformative, men's issues should be addressed not just as instruments for women … re‐vision and “men” stream development that does not ignore women, but accommodates men as gendered subjects. Originality …

instrument for the elected women to clarify the causality of women on corruption since a country with a high number of female … clean government. Section 2 describes the relationships between corruption and women. Section 3 provides the empirical … specification by first building a channel from the electoral rules to elected women and then investigating the influence of female …

. Research in Shropshire, UK, has, however, found that most “non‐farm but on‐farm” enterprises are started and run by women, but … rural female entrepreneurs and highlights one project (Women in Rural Enterprise – WiRE). WiRE has been formed specifically …

challenges faced by these women. Design/methodology/approach – An innovative, internet‐based methodology was employed to collect … commonality between female entrepreneurs in different countries. It also highlights differences in the experiences of these women … investigation; however, the issue of social responsibility within this sample of female entrepreneurs would indicate that women have …

Purpose – To explore the demand and supply of private capital for successful women entrepreneurs in New Zealand. To … obtain and interpret fine‐grained information in order to mitigate the research gap on growth finance for women … the narrated experiences of women entrepreneurs (demand‐side). Findings – Quantifies the degree of women's current …

the entrepreneurial experience of women. Entrepreneurial risk has an under‐developed conceptual basis and distilling … gender aspects of risk is required if policy measures are to be constructive and help women overcome barriers and achieve … likely policy measures that are required to encourage women entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications – A summary is …

women to develop as entrepreneurs and innovators. To add to the literature and provide updated research to raise awareness … contributed insights into the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in business and questioned the constraints on ethnicity for …

effects on nascent start‐up activities and the attitudes of women belonging to these ethnic minority groups. Design … level of entrepreneurial activity by women, their attitudes towards entrepreneurship, and the social capital available to … women. Originality/value – The paper is one of the first comparative studies focusing on women from different ethnic …