Women entrepreneurs and the global environment for growth : a research perspective /

Women's entrepreneurship research and the understanding of factors influencing the growth of women-owned business have advanced significantly over the last decade. Yet, challenges remain. Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth provides wide-ranging insights on the challenges...

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Otros Autores: Brush, Candida G.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cheltenham : E. Elgar, c2010.
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245 0 0 |a Women entrepreneurs and the global environment for growth :  |b a research perspective /  |c edited by Candida G. Brush ... [et al.]. 
260 |a Cheltenham :  |b E. Elgar,  |c c2010. 
300 |a xiii, 362 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a Editors: Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, and Colette Henry. 
500 |a "The Diana Project." --Cover. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction : Women Entrepreneurs and Growth / Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Colette Henry -- 2. Entrepreneurship, Gender and Job Creation : European Dynamics / Marc Cowling -- 3. Gender and Entrepreneurship : Revealing Constructions and Underlying Processes : the Case of Norway / Gry Agnete Alsos, Ragnhild Steen Jensen and Elisabet Ljunggren -- 4. Female Leadership and Company Profitability / Annu Kotiranta, Anne Kovalainen and Petri Rouvinen -- 5. Influences on Women's Entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic / Lorna Treanor and Colette Henry -- 6. The Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context / Friederike Welter and David Smallbone -- 7. Women Empowering Women: Female Entrepreneurs and Home-based Producers in Jordan / Haya Al-Dajani and Sara Carter -- 8. Exploring the Heterogeneity of Women's Entrepreneurship : The Impact of Family Structure and Family Policies in Europe and the US / Vartuhí Tonoyan, Michelle Budig and Robert Strohmeyer -- 9. The Work-Family Interface Strategies of Male and Female Entrepreneurs : Are There Any Differences? / Jennifer E. Jennings, Karen D. Hughes and P. Devereaux Jennings -- 
505 0 |a 10. An Integrated View of Gender, Finance and Entrepreneurial Capital : Theory, Practice and Policy / Eleanor Shaw, Sara Carter and Wing Lam -- 11. Growing a High-tech Business : Gender, Perceptions and Experiences in Northern Ireland / Frances M. Hill, Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison -- 12. Male and Female Entrepreneurs' Networks at Four Venture Stages / Kim Klyver and Siri Terjesen -- 13. Gender, Opportunity Recognition and the Role of Internal Networks / Rodney Farr-Wharton and Yvonne Brunetto -- 14. "All by Myself" : The Female High-technology Entrepreneur / Maura McAdam and Susan Marlow -- 15. Physician as Feminist Entrepreneur : The Gendered Nature of Venture Creation and the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre / Barbara Orser and Joanne Leck -- 16. Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs in the Russian Emerging Market / Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths, Lisa K. Gundry and Tatiana Iakovleva -- 17. Gender Differences in the Growth Aspirations and Technology Orientation of Slovenian Entrepreneurs / Karin Sirec, Polona Tominc and Miroslav Rebernik. 
520 |a Women's entrepreneurship research and the understanding of factors influencing the growth of women-owned business have advanced significantly over the last decade. Yet, challenges remain. Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth provides wide-ranging insights on the challenges that women entrepreneurs face growing their businesses and how these may be addressed. This volume is rooted in research and considers growth challenges, both contextually and firm specific, provoking current thought and enriching the current literature on gender and entrepreneurship. 
650 0 |a Businesswomen  |x Research. 
650 0 |a Entrepreneurship  |x Research. 
650 7 |a Mujeres empresarias  |x Investigación.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Aptitudes empresariales  |x Investigación.  |2 UDESA 
700 1 |a Brush, Candida G.