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Impact of entrepreneur’s gender on innovation activities. The perspective of small businesses

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  • Maciej Zastempowski
  • Szymon Cyfert

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This paper analyses the female gender as a one of the factors that may influence product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. The data discussed come from an empirical study of 1017 small enterprises from the Kujawsko-pomorskie region in central-northern Poland. The theoretical framework suggests three areas of factors that may influence small enterprises innovativeness: the entrepreneur’s gender, innovation management capability, and firm characteristics. The results of the study suggest that the female gender of the entrepreneur has a positive impact on the product and process innovativeness of small enterprises. In the group of small enterprises managed by female entrepreneurs the chances of introducing product innovation are higher by 83.7%, process innovation by 56%, and product and process innovation together by 82.1%.

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  • Maciej Zastempowski & Szymon Cyfert, 2021. "Impact of entrepreneur’s gender on innovation activities. The perspective of small businesses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(10), pages 1-24, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0258661
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258661
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    1. Tanaya Saha & Avik Sinha & Shujaat Abbas, 2022. "Green financing of eco-innovations: is the gender inclusivity taken care of?," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 5514-5535, December.
    2. Michael Machokoto & Tesfaye T. Lemma & Ouarda Dsouli & Rebecca Fakoussa & Eghosa Igudia, 2024. "Coupling men‐to‐women: Promoting innovation in emerging markets," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(3), pages 3656-3677, July.
    3. Cuevas-Vargas Héctor & Velázquez-Espinoza Noé & Colín-Salgado Mónica, 2022. "Technological Innovation in Colombian Small Firms: A Gender Multi-Group Analysis," Business Systems Research, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 46-65, June.

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