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Book SynopsisThe literature in female entrepreneurship has witnessed significant development in the last 30 years, with the research emphasis shifting from purely descriptive explorations towards a clear effort to embed research within highly informed conceptual frameworks.
With contributions from leading and emerging researchers, The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship brings together the latest international research, concepts and thinking in the area. With a strong international dimension, this book will facilitate comparative discussion and analysis on all aspects of female entrepreneurship, including start-ups, socio-economic influences, entrepreneurial capital and minority entrepreneurship.
Reflecting the subjectâs growing importance for researchers, academics and policy makers as well as those involved in supporting womenâs entrepreneurship through training programmes, networks, consultancy or the provision of venture capital, The Rou
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This timely and expertly organised compendium is a celebration of the growing understanding on the significance and diverse global practice of female entrepreneurship. An impressive range of contributions from top scholars confirms gender is integral to this understanding, provides valuable insights on strengthening the ecosystem to support women’s entrepreneurship and takes into account new demographic contexts and the complexities of female enterprise.
Anne de Bruin, Professor, Massey University, New Zealand
While the area of women’s entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of attention over the past few years, the types of questions asked and the way in which answers are pursued has not yet led to a coherent sense of understanding. In The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship, Henry, Nelson and Lewis guide us through a collection of works that together provide the necessary bridge between gender theories and entrepreneurship, thereby inviting more of us into the discussion with potential impact for theory, practice and policy.
Patricia Greene, Professor, Babson College, USA
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Context and Practice of Female Entrepreneurship
Colette Henry, Teresa Nelson & Kate Lewis
Part 1: The Context for Female Entrepreneurship
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- Women Entrepreneurs and Their Ventures: Complicating Categories and Contextualising Gender
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Angela Martinez-Dy & Susan Marlow
- Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Family Firms
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Mary Barrett & Ken Moores
- Women, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
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Kate Kearins & Katrin Schaefer
- Saudi Women’s Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Social Construction of Norms and Perceptions
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Renaud Redien-Collot, Laurice Alexandre & Wassim J. Aloulou
- Female Academic Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation: Reviewing the Evidence and Identifying the Challenges
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Helen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Viviana Meschitti & Alex Poulovassilis
Part 2: The Ecosystem for Female Entrepreneurs
- Strategies to Redress Entrepreneurship Gender Gaps in Canada
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Barbara J. Orser
- U.S. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Access to Early-Stage Financing
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Linda Edelman, Tatiana Manolova & Candida Brush
- Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Firms in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for Public Policy
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Susan Coleman & Alicia Robb
- Gender Differences in New Venture Funding: Supply-Side Discrimination or Demand-Side Disinclination?
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John Watson, Michael Stuetzer & Roxanne Zolin
Part 3: Supporting Female Entrepreneurs
- Supporting and Training Female Necessity Entrepreneurs
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Walid A. Nakara, Nerine Bouguerra & Alain Fayolle
- Entrepreneurial Role Models: An Integrated Framework from a Constructionist Perspective
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Maria Cristina Díaz-García & Janice Byrne
- Female Entrepreneurship, Role Models and Network Externalities in Middle–Income Countries
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Maria Minniti
- Revisiting Research on Gender in Entrepreneurial Networks
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Lene Foss
Part 4: Identity
- Identity Work, Swift Trust and Gender: The Role of Women-Only Leadership Development Programmes
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Claire Leitch, Richard Harrison & Maura McAdam
- Postfeminism and Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Identity of the ‘Mumpreneur’
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Patricia Lewis
- Female Lifestyle Entrepreneurs and Their Business Models
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Helle Neergaard & Dorthe Refslund Christensen
- Tales of Heroine Entrepreneurs
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Karin Berglund, Helen Ahl & Katarina Pettersson
- Perceived Legitimacy of Women Entrepreneurs in France: Between Identity Legitimacy and Entrepreneurial Legitimacy
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Philippe Pailot, Corinne Poroli & Stéphanie Chasserio
Part 5: Demography
- Women, Disability and Entrepreneurship
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Kate Caldwell, Sarah Parker Harris & Maija Renko
- Female Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?
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Maria Villares-Varela, Monder Ram & Trevor Jones
- Entrepreneurial Activity Among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of Survival
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Thomas M. Cooney & Denis Foley
- Entrepreneurship, Age and Gender: The Swedish Case
Carin Holmquist & Elisabeth Sundin
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