and, because the sample covers women from a variety of BAME backgrounds, it is not possible to generalize the findings to … the wider population of BAME women. However, it does give an indication of what issues need to be considered in the … provision of instrumental support for BAME women small business owners. Practical implications – The paper shows that a key …

Purpose – Women‐owned businesses are frequently described as under‐performing in that the majority remain small and … constrained performance of most small firms. The assertion that women owned firms under‐perform reflects a gendered bias within … the entrepreneurial discourse where femininity and deficit are deemed coterminous. In addition, women‐owned firms are …

Women entrepreneurs are a vital contributor to today’s economy, employing one from every four employees in the USA. Yet …, there is still a dearth of research on women entrepreneurs. This study examines a particular group of women entrepreneurs … largely ignored by the literature: entrepreneurs over 50 years old. It focuses on women who do not have a family, or whose …

on the reality of female entrepreneurship. It analyses the representation of women entrepreneurs in a women ' s magazine …. Media representations influence, firstly, whether women perceive entrepreneurship as desirable and attainable, and thus … stakeholders such as bankers or clients view and interact with female business owners, thereby impacting women entrepreneurs …

on the economic behavior of women; however, this has rarely been examined with regard to women ' s entrepreneurship … women ' s entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset comprising … examined the direct as well as cross-level moderation effects of gendered institutions on the probability of women entering …

experiences of black migrant women entrepreneurs, examining the relationship between macro, meso and micro levels of business …-depth interviews with 29 black women business owners in the legal and black hairdressing sectors in London. The analysis of the paper … social action. Findings – The analysis reveals that ability of the women in the study to manage their work-life balance was …

relationship between empowerment and entrepreneurship contextualised within the lives of displaced Palestinian migrant women … during which semi-structured in-depth interviews were regularly conducted with 43 women producing high-quality traditional … subordinated women were empowered through their home-based enterprises. Originality/value – This paper offers a gender informed …

Purpose – This paper aims at exploring the dynamics of multiple identities of women entrepreneurs (WE). The paper … objective is to understand how the entrepreneurial identity process of women is built through both confrontation and synergy … could not be applied to women and probably could not be applied to contemporaneous men either.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a gendered understanding of women's experience of a mass cycle tour … event. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses an ethnographic approach to explore women's experiences of a cycle … themes included the meaning of women's cycle tour experience as a “shared journey”, the centrality of the “body” in event …