Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts

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

• Contents:1. Introduction: Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local ContextsCristina Díaz-García, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Friederike WelterP​ART​​ I ​INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS EXPLAINING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP2. The​ ​Role of​ ​Gendered​ ​Institutional​ ​Contexts in the​ ​Rate and​ Type of​ ​Women’s​ ​Entrepreneurship​​ ​Across​ ​CountriesMatilde Ruiz Arroyo, Maria del Mar Fuentes and Ana Maria Bojica3. Business and Occupational Crowding: Implications for Female Entrepreneurship Development and SuccessRuta Aidis4. Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship – (Why) are Women Entrepreneurs Less Innovative?Teita Bijedić, Siegrun Brink, Kerstin Ettl, Silke Kriwoluzky, Friederike Welter5. Strategies and Policies Influencing Entrepreneurial Start-Up Decisions: Evidence from Tanzanian Female EntrepreneursDina NzikuPART II MESO-ORGANSATIONAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS6. The Gendered Contextualization of SME Cooperation in Urban East AfricaMalin Tillmar7. Management in Small Firms Run by Women: A Case Study of Handicraft ExportersJanina V. León8. Supporting Artisan Communities Through Social Entrepreneurship in Kenya: An Exploration of SokoAlanna Ford and Sarah Cooper9. Empowering Women through Social Entrepreneurship with Innovative Business Models: Cases from TurkeyDuygu Uygur, Elif Bezal Kahraman and Gonca Gunay10. Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Enterprises: Evidence from the United StatesSusan Coleman and Alicia RobbPART III WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS EMBEDDED AGENCY: ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION, FIRM CREATION AND MANAGEMENT11. The Entrepreneurial Potential of Spanish University Women Based on a Psychosocial ModelJosé C. Sánchez-García & Brizeida R. Hernández-Sánchez12. Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Lebanese Students; An Overview of a Gender StudyLaurice Alexandre13. An Exploration of Icelandic Marketing Women EntrepreneursGuja Armansdottir, Clare Brindley, Carley Foster, Daniel Wheatley and Christopher Pich14. Women Entrepreneurs and Performance: Evidence from ItalyMichela Mari, Sara Pogessi and Luisa De VitaIndex

'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.'