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Strategies to redress entrepreneurship gender gaps in Canada revisited

In: Women's Entrepreneurship Policy

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  • Barbara J. Orser

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This study outlines rationales for women-focused entrepreneurship policies. Recommendations advanced in Canadian taskforces and policy reports, and a review of small business policies conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2017), are then used to critique the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada, 2018). The CAN$5 billion investment by the Government of Canada is targeted at women-owned and women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The study offers evidence about the importance of country context in constructing policies to support women-identified entrepreneurs, and imperative of intersectional data when reporting on the status of women-owned SMEs. Recommendations to inform research and policy are considered.

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  • Barbara J. Orser, 2023. "Strategies to redress entrepreneurship gender gaps in Canada revisited," Chapters, in: Colette Henry & Susan Coleman & Kate V. Lewis (ed.), Women's Entrepreneurship Policy, chapter 3, pages 40-74, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20145_3
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