International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 9 Issue 2

Gender, leadership and venture capital: measuring women’s leadership in VC firm portfolios

Ruta Aidis, R. Sandra Schillo

The purpose of this paper is to present a new index summarizing women’s leadership in entrepreneurial ventures (WLEV) in the context of venture capital (VC) firm portfolios…

Performance and financing strategies of female and male entrepreneurs in the Republic of Serbia

Danijela Stošic Panić

The paper examines gender differences in the performance and financing strategies of female and male entrepreneurs in the Republic of Serbia. The aim of this study is to explore…

Dynamics of female-owned smallest businesses in the USA

Naranchimeg Mijid

The purpose of this paper is to answer whether the female-owned smallest firms differ from their male-owned counterparts in terms of their success and performances; if so, whether…

Satisfactions comparisons: women with families, full-time and part-time self-employed

Ilona Ebbers, Alan Piper

In spite of numerous political initiatives, the proportion of self-employed women in Germany has stagnated. This paper aims to offer a new perspective on this problem. The…

Entrepreneuring gender diversity in entrepreneurship through critical theory and reflexivity

Mandy Wheadon, Nathalie Duval-Couetil

The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of conflicts between the innovation ideologies fundamental to entrepreneurial theory and the exclusivity embedded in the…