..., findings may still offer insights into how entrepreneurs cope with failure due to an exogenous crisis. Future research could further explore how situational optimism influences men and women differently in their post-crisis entrepreneurship career choices. Practical implications The paper has...

...Georges Samara; Maria Lapeira Purpose The authors conceptually theorize the obstacles and opportunities that women encounter in family businesses embedded in Latin America, by differentiating between two clusters of countries embedded in this continent. Design/methodology/approach Using...

...Maria Carmen Laudano; Lamberto Zollo; Cristiano Ciappei; Vincenzo Zampi Purpose Through a cross-culture study, the purpose of this paper is to understand about how entrepreneurial universities can foster entrepreneurship in women by attending to psychological and environmental factors...

...Whitney Douglas Fernandez; Meredith F. Burnett; Carolina B. Gomez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use insights from role congruity theory to explore how organizational context moderates the relationship between the representation of women on boards and corporate social performance (CSP...

...B. Elango Purpose The purpose of this paper is to link country factors which impact the selection of women as CEOs of firms in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach Using a multilevel model, this study investigates the factors driving the selection of a woman as CEO using a sample...

...Fabrizio Rossi; Chengru Hu; Maggie Foley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between women in the board of directors, firm performance and corporate decisions as well as the risk of the firm, debt level, and research and development (R&D). Design/methodology...

... quality by identifying additional complementary factors – bank regulation and investor protection – and by focusing on a specific industry, the banking industry. Women Accounting Gender diversity Corporate governance Banks Conservatism Investor protection G30 M410 The recent bank...

... Business Survey 2010, 14 per cent of SME employers in the UK are led by women (BIS, 2011). Accordingly, there is growing research interest in the dynamics and economic impact of female entrepreneurship (Zinger et al., 2007). Such research is important because there is a marked difference between...

...A. Adcroft; Bitange Ndemo; Fides Wanjiku Maina Purpose This paper seeks to explore the strategic decision‐making process by women owner‐managers of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries, focusing on environmental dynamics as a strategy for the development of the MSE sector...

... schools. Findings There is a lack of female business school candidates, recruitment, retention and re‐entry of women into the workforce, There is the need for more women at board level. Originality/value The paper emphasises the importance of the teaching of ethics in business schools and looks...

... for increased participation of women on TMTs are explored. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Women Management attitudes Organizational politics Conflict resolution Sex and gender issues In many contemporary organizations managers recognize that a good team organization helps to give can be the most...

... function – being the bankers, moneylenders and financiers of the time. Concentrates on a relatively little known aspect of the medieval Jewish community: the role played by its women. Jewish women played a significant part in business, not just as the wives or widows of businessmen, but as entrepreneurs...

... impact of the millennium, it is not unreasonable to suppose that there will be an accompanying, dramatic series of changes in society. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Organizational change Society Technological change Technology Women Workforce As we look around us, at the end of the second...

... is trying to translate from something like example (1) to example (3). This is the heart of the problem, or the lack of a problem. Advertising Discrimination Gender Language Managers Men Women Written communications Formal documents in English often contain an implication...