High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship: Programs, Policies and Practices

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Bullough ◽  
Diana Hechavarria ◽  
Candida Brush ◽  
Linda Edelman
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
Policies And Practices

High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship: Fueling Social and Economic Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Hechavarria ◽  
Amanda Bullough ◽  
Candida Brush ◽  
Linda Edelman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

High-growth Women’s Entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Bullough ◽  
Linda Edelman ◽  
Diana Hechavarría ◽  
Candida Brush
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

scholarly journals Strengthening access to finance for women-owned SMEs in developing countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 634-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Zamberi Ahmad ◽  
Afida Mastura Muhammad Arif
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight key trends, challenges, and opportunities for advancing women’s entrepreneurship and increasing their access to finance. Design/methodology/approach – Due to their high-growth potential, women-owned SMEs in developing countries are of particular interest. The International Financial Corporation and McKinsey built a detailed database for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises. The data derived from the readily available global data sets provide coverage of a large number of countries and national statistics. Findings – Since financing is an important means by which to pursue growth opportunities, addressing the specific needs of women entrepreneurs (WE) in accessing finance must be part of the development agenda. Practical implications – This paper offers valuable practical insights to policy makers to establish a supportive, enabling environment that will facilitate access to financial services for WE in their respective countries; lead efforts to identify, evaluate, and support the replication of successful models for expanding financial services to WE; and lead efforts to gather gender-disaggregated data on small-, and medium-sized enterprise finance in a coordinated fashion. Originality/value – The value of this paper is that it offers insightful information about key trends, challenges, and opportunities for advancing women’s entrepreneurship and increasing their access to finance.

Women and Entrepreneurship – Albanian Case

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Anna Xheka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Difference

Women’s entrepreneurship is a powerful source, regarding to the women’s economic independence and empowerment, as well as regarding employment generation, economic growth and innovation, development and the reduction of poverty as well as one of the terms of gender equality. This poster presents the situation of women's entrepreneurship in Europe in comparative terms, with special focus in Albania. The paper has a descriptive nature. Describes three different plans in comparative terms; the representation of men and women in entrepreneurship, the representation of women in entrepreneurship in different countries of Europe and of Europe as a whole, as well as compare to gender quota. Through the processing of secondary data from various reports and studies, this poster concludes that although that the gender equality goal is the equal participation of men and women in all sectors, including the entrepreneurship, in this sector, gender gap it is still deep. Another significant comparative aspect, it is the difference between full and part –time women entrepreneurship. While in full time entrepreneurship in a convince way, men are those that dominate, in part time entrepreneurship clearly it’s evident the opposite trend, women's representation is much higher. It’s very interesting the fact, that the women’s entrepreneurship in Albania, presented in a significant optimistic situation, ranking in the second place, after Greece in the European level

CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A REVIEW AND STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 67-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
LISA K. GUNDRY ◽  
BEN-YOSEPH MIRIAM ◽  
MARGARET POSIG
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The World ◽  
Entrepreneurial Organization ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

The study of women's entrepreneurship has grown steadily during the last two decades, as the number of women-owned businesses worldwide has increased dramatically. This article presents an examination of major research questions and highlights the most recent scholarship on women's entrepreneurship within several key domains. The findings integrate broad areas of inquiry, including the emergence of women-owned firms in the global economy, entrepreneurial and firm characteristics, financing patterns, the greatest challenges to enterprise growth, and the influence of culture and family on the entrepreneurial organization. Recommendations are provided to contribute to an increased understanding of the dynamics of women-headed entrepreneurial enterprises around the world.

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