International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 3 Issue 3

Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts

Fidelma Ashe, Lorna Treanor

The purpose of this paper is to offer a perspective to further the understanding of gender entrepreneurship. This paper considers the situatedness of the gendered entrepreneur…

Business and social entrepreneurs in the UK: gender, context and commitment

Jonathan Levie, Mark Hart

The purpose of this paper is to investigate what sort of people become social entrepreneurs, and in what way they differ from business entrepreneurs. More importantly, to…

Proactive and reactive plots: narratives in entrepreneurial identity construction

Cecilia Bjursell, Leif Melin

The purpose of this paper is to offer a new perspective on entrepreneurial identity as a narrative construction, emerging in stories about entering the family business.

Gender, human capital, and opportunity identification in Mexico

María de los Dolores González, Bryan W. Husted

The purpose of this paper is to understand how gender affects the number and innovativeness of business opportunities identified by future entrepreneurs in Mexico.

Motherhood and entrepreneurship: gender role identity as a resource

Aegean Leung

The purpose of this paper is to consider gender role identity as an informal institution shaping female entrepreneurship, and to illuminate the dual effects of institutions as…

Microfinance and women entrepreneurs in Pakistan

Samia Mahmood

The purpose of this paper is to outline findings of an initial exploratory study, undertaken as part of a larger ongoing research project, seeking to understand the influence and…

Preface

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship