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Entrepreneurial Feminists: Perspectives About Opportunity Recognition and Governance

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  • Barbara Orser
  • Catherine Elliott
  • Joanne Leck

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Interviews were conducted with 15 entrepreneurial feminists to explore how feminist values are enacted in opportunity recognition and organizational structures within the venture-creation process. Results suggest that opportunity recognition aligned with the needs and values of the entrepreneurial feminists. Opportunity construction was defined as ‘I am the market’, ‘building community with women like me’, ‘enabling others’, ‘do more with my life’, and ‘opportunity knocked’. Organizational structures and governance reflected cooperative, collaborative and ethical principles. Implications to feminist theory are discussed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Barbara Orser & Catherine Elliott & Joanne Leck, 2013. "Entrepreneurial Feminists: Perspectives About Opportunity Recognition and Governance," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 115(2), pages 241-257, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:115:y:2013:i:2:p:241-257
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1391-6
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