...Andrea May Rowe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative case study of national innovation system in Canada and Sweden from the perspective of gender equality. The case study focuses on public policy to illuminate the formal aspects of innovation systems as they are conceived...

...Colette Henry; Barbara Orser; Susan Coleman; Lene Foss Purpose Government attention to women’s entrepreneurship has increased in the past two decades; however, there are few cross-cultural studies to inform policy development. This paper aims to draw on gender and institutional theory to report...

... a limited range of variables (Alsos and Ljunggren, 1998 ; Gundry and Welsch, 2001 ; Morris et al., 2006 ; Tan, 2008 ; Welter et al., 2003 ; Zapalska, 1997). Since few studies are comparative, there is limited capacity to compare differences in the national policies and institutional...

...Jackie Brierton; Dinah Bennett Purpose This is a short article on the origins of the Women's Enterprise Policy Group in the UK. The purpose of the article is to illustrate the need for a historical context for policy development on key issues. Design/methodology/approach The approach is based...