To Grow or Not to Grow: Challenges or Choices for Female Entrepreneurs?

It has been widely recognised that the growth of entrepreneurial ventures is central to wealth creation, innovation and economic development. However, women-owned ventures are not capitalising on growth potential or economic returns. This paper presents the case of women entrepreneurs and investigat...

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Published inJournal of business diversity Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 27
Main Author Fleck, Emma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Palm Beach North American Business Press 01.12.2015
Subjects
Business growth
Discriminant analysis
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Expansion
Females
Gender
Investigations
Optimization
Preferences
Startups
Studies
Women
Women owned businesses
Ireland
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Summary:It has been widely recognised that the growth of entrepreneurial ventures is central to wealth creation, innovation and economic development. However, women-owned ventures are not capitalising on growth potential or economic returns. This paper presents the case of women entrepreneurs and investigates whether growth is affected by institutional or normative factors or whether preference plays an important role in this decision. Results indicate that many factors inhibited the growth of women-owned firms when female entrepreneurs opted for growth but that preference or personal choice was strongly recognised as a key factor which could have a significant influence on this process.
ISSN:2158-3889