International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 12 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Colette Henry, Lene Foss, Kate V. Lewis

The Diana project: a legacy for research on gender in entrepreneurship

Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene, Friederike Welter

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief history of the evolution of the Diana Project and the Diana International Research Conference. The authors examine the impact of…

Contexts and gender – looking back and thinking forward

Friederike Welter

This paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship research and its main developments over time to identify promising future…

Gender and entrepreneurship: past achievements and future possibilities

Susan Marlow

The purpose of this short commentary reflects upon how feminist theory might be used to advance the contemporary gendered critique of women’s entrepreneurship. Drawing from gender…

A legacy of attention to embeddedness in gendered institutions: Reflections on a key contribution of women’s entrepreneurship research

Karen D. Hughes, Jennifer E. Jennings

The purpose of in this study is to examine how scholarship on women’s entrepreneurship/gender and entrepreneurship has contributed to understandings of the embeddedness of…

Exposing/correcting SME underperformance myths

John Watson

The purpose of this paper is to share with up-and-coming young researchers some of the important lessons the author has learnt on his research journey.

Is there a place for gender questions in studies on entrepreneurship, or for entrepreneurship questions in gender studies?

Carin Holmquist, Elisabeth Sundin

This paper aims to add to the diversity of gender and entrepreneurship studies by presenting the (lived experience) perspective on the development of research on women as…

Strengthening the contribution of scholarship to equity in practice for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship

Teresa Nelson

This paper aims to discuss the ways to strengthen the contribution of scholarship to gender equity in practice for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. Research that spotlights…