International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 8 Issue 3

Female entrepreneurs: motivations and constraints. An Italian regional study

Marina Bianchi, Valentino Parisi, Renato Salvatore

This paper aims to identify the specific contextual constraints that women might face in becoming entrepreneurs; to correlate these constraints with the motivations that have…

Feminist perspectives on social entrepreneurship: critique and new directions

Susan Clark Muntean, Banu Ozkazanc-Pan

The authors bring diverse feminist perspectives to bear on social entrepreneurship research and practice to challenge existing assumptions and approaches while providing new…

The entrepreneurial gender divide: Hegemonic masculinity, emphasized femininity and organizational forms

Diana M. Hechavarria, Amy E. Ingram

This paper aims to examine the interplay among forms of entrepreneurship and the gendered entrepreneurial divide. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and the…

Through the gender looking-glass: Brazilian tourism entrepreneurs

Carlos Costa, Zelia Breda, Fiona Eva Bakas, Marilia Durão, Isabel Pinho

This paper aims to investigate the ways in which gender influences entrepreneurial motivations and barriers in the Brazilian tourism sector. As an economic process, tourism…

Czech copreneur orientations to business and family responsibilities: A mixed embeddedness perspective

Nancy Jurik, Alena Křížková, Marie Pospíšilová (Dlouhá)

This paper aims to utilize a mixed-embeddedness approach to examine how state welfare policies, employment conditions and gender norms shape orientations to divisions of business…