IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/inschp/978-1-4614-1293-9_7.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Women Entrepreneurship and Performance

In: Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics

Author

Listed:
  • Joaquín Aldás-Manzano

    (University of Valencia)

  • Clara Martínez-Fuentes

    (University of Valencia)

  • Manuela Pardo-del-Val

    (University of Valencia)

Abstract

Research on gendered performance in entrepreneurship is scarce, making the resolution of this issue a relevant research field. Chapter 7 starts by describing what we understand by performance, widening the concept from a financial to an operational or even a stakeholders’ satisfaction level. Next, we present some relevant research that suggests explanations for a gendered difference in entrepreneurs’ performance, mainly in terms of the existence of horizontal segregation, differences in size and in personal attributes of entrepreneurs. The discussion about gender differences in resource possession and accessibility is then introduced as a fundamental concern in this debate, by describing economic, human, social, and symbolic capital as inputs in entrepreneurial ventures. Finally, empirical evidence of the arguments provided by literature to explain gender-inducted differential performance is soaked in the data provided by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research program, one of the most widespread sources of information on entrepreneurial activity worldwide. According to the information gained through the GEM, horizontal segregation, lower self-confidence and less economic capital are characteristic of female entrepreneurship. Whether these features are in fact explanations for gendered performance keeps unanswered and remains a challenge for further research.

Suggested Citation

  • Joaquín Aldás-Manzano & Clara Martínez-Fuentes & Manuela Pardo-del-Val, 2012. "Women Entrepreneurship and Performance," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Miguel-Angel Galindo & Domingo Ribeiro (ed.), Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics, chapter 0, pages 89-108, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-1-4614-1293-9_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1293-9_7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Monika Wodnicka & Dagmara Skurpel, 2021. "Growth Global Market of E-Commerce Cross Border: The Case of Poland," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 1), pages 1121-1135.
    2. Ferdinando Giglio, 2021. "Women Entrepreneurs and Business Angel: A Difficult Relationship," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(11), pages 1-21, November.
    3. , Aisdl, 2017. "Problems and prospects of women entrepreneurship with special reference to MSMEs in the state of Gujarat," OSF Preprints u7jkb, Center for Open Science.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-1-4614-1293-9_7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.