Format:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415678193
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9781135120573
Series Statement:
Routledge Masters in Entrepreneurship Series
Content:
The contribution of female entrepreneurs to aggregate economic activity has gained increasing attention over recent years in terms of theory, practice and policy. By using a series of case studies, this text illustrates the analytical tension present between gender and entrepreneurial behaviour and will be important supplementary reading on entrepreneurship, small business management and women's/gender studies courses
Note:
Intro -- Female Entrepreneurship -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Setting the scene -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Statement of aims -- 1.3 Female entrepreneurship defined -- 1.4 Before we start - a few statistics -- 1.5 The lure of business ownership -- 1.6 Profile of women-owned businesses -- 1.7 Typology of female entrepreneurs -- 1.8 Book structure -- Chapter 2 The socio-economic context of female entrepreneurship -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Learning objectives -- 2.3 Labour market structure -- 2.4 Occupational segregation -- 2.5 Gender pay gap -- 2.6 Work-life balance -- 2.7 Workplace discrimination and the glass ceiling effect -- 2.8 An alternative perspective - preference theory -- 2.9 Segregated employment patterns and female entrepreneurship -- 2.10 Policies to encourage female entrepreneurship -- 2.11 Summary -- 2.12 Discussion points -- Chapter 3 Entrepreneurship as gendered -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Learning objectives -- 3.3 The question should not be 'who is an entrepreneur?' but rather 'who is an entrepreneuse?' -- 3.4 Bem's sex-role inventory -- 3.5 Societal gendered expectations -- 3.6 Gender stereotypes and entrepreneurial intentions -- 3.7 The implications of the androcentric entrepreneurial mentality -- 3.8 The female underperformance hypotheses -- 3.9 Summary -- 3.10 Discussion points -- Chapter 4 Feminist methodological approaches -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Learning objectives -- 4.3 What is gender? -- 4.4 Is gender a performance or a performative? -- 4.5 Gender blindness -- 4.6 Feminist empiricism -- 4.7 Using gender as a lens to explore female entrepreneurship -- 4.8 Feminist research methodologies -- 4.9 Intersectionality of gender -- 4.10 Queer theory -- 4.11 Feminist sensitive approaches - life story approach -- 4.12 Summary
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4.13 Discussion points -- Chapter 5 Family in women-owned businesses and women in family businesses -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Learning objectives -- 5.3 The double shift -- 5.4 Impact of family on business -- 5.5 Market work versus housework -- 5.6 Family embeddedness -- 5.7 The '5M' framework -- 5.8 Family business -- 5.9 Succession -- 5.10 Copreneurship -- 5.11 Summary -- 5.12 Discussion points -- Chapter 6 Non-financial entrepreneurial capital -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Learning objectives -- 6.3 Entrepreneurial capital accrual -- 6.4 Human capital -- 6.5 Financial capital -- 6.6 Social capital -- 6.7 Female networking -- 6.8 Formal networking mechanisms -- 6.9 Symbolic capital -- 6.10 Summary -- 6.11 Discussion points -- Chapter 7 Financing women-owned businesses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Learning objectives -- 7.3 Accessing finance -- 7.4 Challenges faced by female entrepreneurs -- 7.5 Pecking order hypothesis -- 7.6 Bank finance -- 7.7 Demand-side risk aversion -- 7.8 Venture capital -- 7.9 Business angels -- 7.10 The Diana Project -- 7.11 Summary -- 7.12 Discussion points -- Chapter 8 New sites of women's entrepreneurship: high technology entrepreneurship -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Learning objectives -- 8.3 Science, engineering and technology enterprise -- 8.4 The pipeline effect -- 8.5 Intersection of gender and technology venturing -- 8.6 Fitting in whilst standing out -- 8.7 Summary -- 8.8 Discussion points -- Chapter 9 Empowerment through entrepreneurship -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Learning objectives -- 9.3 Entrepreneuring, gender and empowerment -- 9.4 Context -- 9.5 Data collection -- 9.6 The sample -- 9.7 The empirical evidence -- 9.8 Entrepreneuring opportunities -- 9.9 Empowerment indicators -- 9.10 Sustainability of the home-based enterprise -- 9.11 Summary -- 9.12 Discussion points
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Chapter 10 Conclusion: setting research agendas -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Past themes and concerns -- 10.3 Moving forward - potential research opportunities and pathways -- 10.4 Theoretical gender and entrepreneurship -- 10.5 Intersectionality -- 10.6 Context -- 10.7 Finance -- 10.8 Social entrepreneurship -- 10.9 Education -- 10.10 Researching gender and entrepreneurship -- 10.11 Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version McAdam, Maura Female Entrepreneurship London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415678193
Language:
English
Keywords:
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