... African women can overcome the obstacles faced when setting up businesses. Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses the role of “weak ties” networks in entrepreneurial activities and integrates the concept with the key parameters of the P-A paradigm. The aim is to develop a taxonomy...

...Carrie Revell-Love; Tara Revell-Love Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the entrepreneurial competencies of women entrepreneurs who used information marketing businesses for their business-related education. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire-based survey of female...

...Lida P. Kyrgidou; Eugenia Petridou Purpose The present paper aims at discussing the transformative potential of an e‐mentoring support with regard to mentors' and mentees' learning and behavioral aspects, through an empirical study based on rural women entrepreneurs in Greece. Design...

... government support programmes and the availability of financial resources, with a focus on women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach This research is a qualitative investigation that comprises 60 interviews with Russian and Ukrainian entrepreneurs, bank officers and representatives of government...

...Collette Henry; Laura Treanor; Gloria L. Sweida; Rebecca J. Reichard Purpose The number of women choosing entrepreneurship as an occupation continues to grow. However, there are very few start‐up high‐growth ventures in traditionally non‐feminine industries, such as manufacturing or technology...

...Paul Braidford; Ian Stone; Besrat Tesfaye Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse support measures in the USA, Canada and Sweden aimed at encouraging women to start their own business and/or promote growth in women‐owned businesses, and in particular the role of women's business centres...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Entrepreneurial competencies Female entrepreneurs Business growth Entrepreneurialism Women United Kingdom There is widespread acknowledgement that the success, performance and growth of a SME is heavily dependent on the competencies...

... employment. Indian rural women have high stakes in the agriculture sector and in 2011 approximately 38 per cent of cultivators and agricultural workforce were female, as compared to 33 per cent in 2001 and 20 per cent in 1991 (Census of India, 2011). It should be noted, however, that the vast majority...

...Muhammad Azam Roomi; Pegram Harrison; John Beaumont‐Kerridge Purpose This study attempts to understand the nature and activities of growth‐oriented women‐owned businesses in the East of England by highlighting the problems faced by women entrepreneurs during the growth process. Design...

...Ingmari Cantzler; Svante Leijon Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how women as small‐business owners build good internal and external relations and to what extent they develop their businesses and contribute to community development. Design/methodology/approach...

... that there are shortcomings in the institutional (political and societal) environment, possibly restricting women's interest in entrepreneurship and thus determining the extent of female entrepreneurship. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Entrepreneuralism Women Germany In Germany, although female...

... and more clearly the ongoing need for governmental support of networking activities and other programmes that promote cooperation and resource pooling (regardless of gender). Rosa and colleagues found that the primary performance measures suggested that women’s businesses employed fewer core staff, were...

...Sandra L. Fielden; Marilyn J. Davidson; Adel J. Dawe; Peter J. Makin While the general trend in the UK is towards an increase in female owned small businesses, during the last few years the number of North West of England businesses owned by women has fallen by 12.5 per cent. Aims to investigate...