Women Entrepreneurs and Business Angel:  A Difficult Relationship

Ferdinando Giglio

doi:10.35808/ersj/2091

Women entrepreneurs securing business angel financing: tales from the field

Venture Capital ◽

10.1080/1369106042000223579 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 6 (2-3) ◽

pp. 181-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Frances M Amatucci ◽

Jeffrey E Sohl

Keyword(s):

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Business Angel

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Women Entrepreneurs and Business Angel: A Difficult Relationship

International Journal of Economics and Finance ◽

10.5539/ijef.v13n11p21 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Ferdinando Giglio

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Work Experience ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

External Environment ◽

External Financing ◽

Level Of Education ◽

External Sources ◽

Business Angel ◽

Scopus Database ◽

To Receive

This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of the business angel, considered one of the main ways of obtaining external financing by women entrepreneurs. Through a search conducted on the Scopus database, 26 articles have been selected that deal with the problem of finding external sources required by women entrepreneurs. It has been shown that women entrepreneurs are discriminated against by business angels for various reasons including the lack of work experience acquired, the level of education and the lack of social networks useful for interacting with them. The business angel phenomenon has been analyzed in China, Japan, and Sweden, therefore, research could be conducted in Italy, given the scarcity. Furthermore, only the business angel was analyzed as a source of external financing so other ways to receive resources from the external environment could be discussed. This is an article that deals with the problem on how women entrepreneurs find themselves having to face when they decide to start their own business.

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Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Enhancing Empowerment or Vulnerability?

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.20 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 39-47

Author(s):

Nabil Abdo

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Group Formation ◽

Business Groups ◽

Economic Empowerment ◽

Sustainable Livelihood ◽

Business Skills ◽

Palestinian Women ◽

Support Organizations ◽

And Training

The International Labour Organization in Beirut has been running a project in the Palestinian Camps of Nahr El Bared and Ein El Helweh entitled “Palestinian Women Economic Empowerment Initiative”. The project started in 2011 and targets lowincome Palestinian women entrepreneurs through a threefold strategy: giving out loans and grants to women business groups in order to expand their businesses; training women entrepreneurs to enhance their business skills; and building the capacity of support organizations in order to improve business development services for women entrepreneurs and training them to be formally certified to deliver business group formation training. The project builds on the potential of business groups in assuring the protection of Palestinian women entrepreneurs from risks through resilience, pooling of resources, and collective voice. The objectives are to assure a sustainable livelihood for Palestinian women entrepreneurs through supporting them in expanding their businesses beyond survivalist low-income activities

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