Women's entrepreneurship in Europe : multidimensional research and case study insights /: multidimensional research and case study insights. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephanie Birkner, Kerstin Ettl, Friederike Welter, Ilona Ebbers, editors.
• Editors: Birkner, Stephanie; Ettl, Kerstin; Welter, Friederike; Ebbers, Ilona
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Editors and List of Contributors; Part I: Research Studies; Womenś Entrepreneurship in Europe: Research Facets and Educational Foci; 1 Research Facets of Womenś Entrepreneurship; 1.1 Mapping the Current Status of the Scientific Field of Womenś Entrepreneurship; 1.2 Landmarks of Womenś Entrepreneurship Research in This Volume; 2 Teaching Womenś Entrepreneurship Using Case Studies; 3 Guideposts for Advancing Womenś Entrepreneurship Research; References; Female Migrant Entrepreneurship in Germany: Determinants and Recent Developments; 1 Introduction 2 Female Migrant Entrepreneurship2.1 Womenś and Migrants ́Entrepreneurship; 2.2 Literature on Female Migrant Entrepreneurship; 2.3 Determinants of Female Migrant Entrepreneurship; 2.3.1 Qualification; 2.3.2 Occupational Segregation; 2.3.3 Family Responsibilities; 3 Methods; 3.1 Sample and Definitions; 3.2 Empirical Strategy; 4 Results; 4.1 Development of Self-Employment in Germany Since 2005; 4.2 Structural Characteristics of Female Migrant Self-Employed; 4.2.1 Qualification; 4.2.2 Industry Structure; 4.2.3 Occupational Segregation; 4.2.4 Household Structure and Family Responsibilities 4.3 Multivariate Results5 Conclusion; References; Business Transferability Chances: Does the Gender of the Owner-Manager Matter?; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review and Hypothesis Development; 3 Sample and Key Variables; 4 Economic Characteristics and Behavior of Women-Led Enterprises Prior to a Planned Business Succession; 4.1 Key Characteristics of Women-Led Enterprises; 4.2 Investments; 4.2.1 Total Investments Per Capita; 4.2.2 Total Investments in Capital Expansion Per Capita; 4.2.3 Share of Investments in Capital Expansion; 4.3 Performance and Employment; 4.3.1 Total Sales Per Capita 4.3.2 Profit Situation4.3.3 Employment; 4.4 Problems in the Course of the Business Transfer Process; 5 Discussions and Implications; References; Does Gender Make a Difference? Gender Differences in the Motivations and Strategies of Female and Male Academic Entrepreneurs; 1 Objective and Research Questions; 2 Current State of Research; 3 Methodology; 4 Findings; 4.1 The Motivations of Academic Entrepreneurs; 4.2 The Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Motivations; 4.3 Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Strategies; 5 Value and Implications; References Towards Emancipatory Aspects of Womenś Entrepreneurship: An Alternative Model of Womenś Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Pat...1 Introduction; 2 Current State of Research and Theoretical Framing; 2.1 Understanding Gender as a Category Within Entrepreneurship Research; 2.2 Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy from a Gender-Theoretical Perspective; 3 Methodological Approach; 4 Empirical Findings and Discussion; 5 Conclusions and Implications; References; Women Entrepreneurship in Estonia: Formal and Informal Institutional Context; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Background
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.4816584094; Business; Businesswomen -- Europe; Women-owned business enterprises -- Europe; Small business -- Europe; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Gender studies: women; Development studies; Management science; Entrepreneurship; Women; Women in development; Business & Economics -- Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319963730; 3319963732
• Related ISBNs: 9783319963723
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