...Christina Constantinidis Purpose Adopting a feminist constructionist perspective, this article proposes an analysis of the micro-level processes and dynamics of interpersonal, gendered, business relationships between female entrepreneurs, therefore constituting an extension to network theory...

... means that there often exists a substantial financing gap which constrains growth ambitions. Given that networks often inhere valuable external resources and information, prior studies provide strong evidence suggesting that women entrepreneurs ordinarily seek the emotional support embedded in small...

...Hapugoda Achchi Kankanammge Nadee Sheresha Surangi Purpose Research investigating female entrepreneurs and their networking relationships has developed considerably over the past two decades. There are, however, few Sri Lankan studies that have specifically focussed on female entrepreneurs...

... dependency as an argument for gender diversity and boards of directors. Design/methodology/approach A director data set for over 32,000 firms based in the USA, composed of 6,218 women and 54,932 men, is utilized. From this, regression and network analysis were utilized. Findings It is found...

... of the entrepreneurship discipline to discover effective practices for identifying respondents and data not currently captured in entrepreneurship data sources. The respondents were found through social media sites, angel networks, University networks and via identification through a proprietary financial intelligence...

.... By explicitly and empirically examining this issue, this article makes a contribution to the small- and medium-sized enterprises’ literature. Saeid Abbasian can be contacted at: saeid.abbasian@miun.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Networking Womens entrepreneurship...

... at a roundtable summit at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) HQ in Edinburgh with a simple mission – to make the economic case for supporting women‐owned businesses and to ensure that government policies are gender‐proofed and “women‐friendly”. With a core membership of around 20, it has a wider network...

... of funding from the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN), the paper contributes to a re‐evaluation of the current support available to women entrepreneurs and informs and aligns the provision of services to the needs of women across the region and beyond. Design/methodology/approach A study was commissioned...

... development, male, female and mixed gender learning networks (groups) of entrepreneurs were observed over a six month period, with the observations recorded and analysed, to establish whether different gender networks of business people adhere to Tuckman's model of group development in terms of early...

...Helene Ahl; Teresa Nelson; Lene Foss Purpose The paper aims to clarify how a gendered analysis of entrepreneurial networks may benefit by the use of a constructionist (post‐structuralist) perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper makes use of a discourse analysis: first, the paper...

... and focus, the experiences of the Female Entrepreneurship Ireland‐Wales (FEIW) project indicate the need for appropriate programme presentation and marketing; networking and mentoring aspects are also hightlighted. Research limitations/implications As this is a pilot project with flexibility to adapt...

...M. Cristina Díaz García; Sara Carter Purpose In this paper, a social capital perspective is presented to illustrate the interaction between gender and resource mobilization through business owners' networks. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the resources provided by key...