... rights only Gender Entrepreneurship New Zealand Youth The dominance of the construct of “enterprise” in the modern, post-industrial or post-Fordist work environment (Fenwick, 2002) alludes to the possibility of entrepreneurship having an impact in ways beyond those purely economic...

... in manufacturing and service firms throughout New Zealand over a two‐year period. Findings The findings from the interviews suggest that there are many women playing critical roles in New Zealand small firms whose contributions are unacknowledged, and which may be also unseen and unpaid. These women (typically...

...Jo Bensemann; C. Michael Hall Purpose The paper seeks to explore the experiences of owners of rural tourism accommodation businesses in New Zealand within the framework of copreneurship. It aims to examine roles within copreneurial rural tourism businesses and describes and evaluates women's...

... how it affects entrepreneurs' decisions and actions in their ongoing business. The purpose of this paper is to meet these two objectives by using a gender comparative approach. Design/methodology/approach A total of 50 entrepreneurs (25 women and 25 men) in New Zealand were interviewed in a semi...