Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts
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Biographical note
Edited by Cristina Díaz-García, Professor, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Candida G. Brush, Franklin W. Olin Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-founder and Research Director- Diana International Research institute (DIRI) Babson College, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Research Professor, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, US and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany<i>'Research on women's entrepreneurship has moved from the focus of the individual women entrepreneurs and their challenges to a broader understanding of the context in which women's entrepreneurship is embedded. With contributions from a large variety of contexts, this book embraces this development. By promoting feminist perspectives, as well as including studies at the macro, meso and micro level, this book gives insights into the complex and context-dependent processes hindering, promoting and shaping women's entrepreneurship. The book serves as a celebration of scholarly research on women's entrepreneurship globally. I fully recommend it as an important addition to the entrepreneurship literature.'</i>
- Gry Agnete Alsos, Nord University Business School, Norway,
<i>'This rich chapter collection makes a valuable contribution to building the cumulative body of research on women's entrepreneurship. It provides an important and timely reminder that a context-centric perspective is vital for more insightful analysis of female entrepreneurship. The book is expertly organized. The first section focuses on gendered institutional contexts and conceptualizations that help or hinder women's entrepreneurship, the second set of chapters fit around meso-organizational structures and gendered institutions of importance to women entrepreneurs and the final section highlights their embedded agency. Sections build together to provide a coherent contribution where the sum is greater than its parts. A must-read for anyone, including policy-makers, interested in female entrepreneurship.'</i>
- Anne de Bruin, Massey University, New Zealand,
<i>'This carefully curated set of papers moves the gendered discussion of women's entrepreneurship from the micro to macro perspective while looking at critically important topics such as political empowerment, innovation and technology, industrial distribution, and, of course, access to capital. The book is especially important in looking at these issues across a variety of global environments. The papers are thoughtful and well-researched and provide a strong foundation for anyone looking to learn and advance this field.'</i>
- Patricia Greene, Babson College,