... 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...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Entrepreneurial competencies Female entrepreneurs Business growth Entrepreneurialism Women United Kingdom Although entrepreneurial competencies are seen as important to business growth and success, according to Brinckmann (2008) the discussion of competencies...

... Female marginal farmers Owner/managers Formal finance India Sex and gender issues Women Agriculture Financing The role and contribution of women to economic growth in both industrially developed and developing countries have been extensively investigated in recent years (see, for example...

...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 The methodology employed...

... (Kalleberg and Leicht, 1991; Rosa and Hamilton, 1994; Rosa et al., 1996; Berg, 1997; Carter and Allen, 1997; Marlow, 1997). As a consequence, clear gender related differences are emerging in descriptions of women’s experiences in running own businesses and enterprises. These differences are apparent...

...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...