International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 14 Issue 3

Gender gaps in opportunity-driven entrepreneurship: the impact of human and social capital

Hong Chen, Byung Hee Lee, Asylgul Alymkulova

The purpose of this study is to investigate gender gaps in opportunity-driven entrepreneurship and illuminate the underlying mechanism of why women are less likely to create…

Female entrepreneurship in emerging and developing countries: a systematic literature review

Victor Silva Corrêa, Fernanda Regina da Silva Brito, Rosileine Mendonça de Lima, Maciel M. Queiroz

Despite the increase in female entrepreneurship literature, very few studies exist that systematize the extant literature, especially in emerging and developing countries. This…

Women's rural businesses: for economic viability or gender equality? – a database study from the Swedish context

Malin Tillmar, Birgitta Sköld, Helene Ahl, Karin Berglund, Katarina Pettersson

The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss to what extent and why women's entrepreneurship contributes to rural economic viability and gender equality in an advanced…

Women entrepreneurs’ opportunity identification of digital platform start-ups: emerging evidence from South Africa

Ethné M. Swartz, Caren Brenda Scheepers, Tracey Toefy

Cognitive drivers of opportunity identification and development are important in entrepreneurship. This study examines antecedents of opportunity development among women founders…

Does mentoring reduce entrepreneurial doubt? A longitudinal gendered perspective

Etienne St-Jean, Amélie Jacquemin

Mentoring appears to be a good support practice to reduce entrepreneurial doubt, amongst other things. Although perceived similarity could foster the mentoring relationship…

WHO invents what? Women’s participation in patenting activity in Spain

Lisset Medina, Isabel Álvarez

Recent years have seen increased participation by women in Science and Technology activities, but parity with men remains a distant goal. This paper provides a framework for…

Export behaviour of firms in India: does gender of the firm owner matter?

Kanika Garg, Shruti Shastri

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the gender of the firm owner on the export behaviour of firms in the Indian context.

Meaningfulness and self-integrity at work amongst older, self-employed women entrepreneurs

Sara Lindström, Heli Ansio, Tytti Steel

This study identifies how self-employed older women experience and represent self-integrity – an element and source of meaningfulness – in their work, and how these experiences…