Women's Entrepreneurship in Europe [electronic resource] : Multidimensional Research and Case Study Insights  /
Birkner, Stephanie.editor.
Ettl, Kerstin.editor.
Welter, Friederike.editor.
Ebbers, Ilona.editor.
This volume addresses the current challenges for and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurship research, bringing together a wealth of diverse insights with implications for research, education and practice alike. Presenting theoretical and empirical research papers and case studies, the book not only offers a topical reference guide for entrepreneurship researchers and educators, but also provides essential reading material for students interested in questions addressing diverse aspects of the challenges to and future academic and practical prospects of women’s entrepreneurship.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1: Research Studies -- 1. Women’s Entrepreneurship in Europe – Research Facets and Educational Foci -- 2. Female Migrant Entrepreneurship in Germany – Determinants and Recent Developments -- 3. Business Transferability Chances: Does the Gender of the Owner-Manager Matter? -- 4. Does gender make a difference? Gender differences in the motivations and strategies of female and male academic entrepreneurs -- 5. Towards Emancipatory Aspects of Women’s Entrepreneurship: An Alternative Model of Women’s Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Patriarchal Societies -- 6. Women entrepreneurship in Estonia: Formal and informal institutional context -- 7. Entrepreneurship Education and Gender in Europe: A Systematic Literature Review of Studies in Higher Education -- Part 2: Case Studies -- 8. Coming to Entrepreneurial Berlin and Making their Way in Silicon Allee: The Ups and Downs of Two Women Entrepreneurs -- 9. Allure and Reality in FemTec Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of a Female Entrepreneur who Struggled in the Mechanical Engineering Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Germany -- 10. The Female Hunting Instinct: Entrepreneurial Life in Germany. .
This volume addresses the current challenges for and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurship research, bringing together a wealth of diverse insights with implications for research, education and practice alike. Presenting theoretical and empirical research papers and case studies, the book not only offers a topical reference guide for entrepreneurship researchers and educators, but also provides essential reading material for students interested in questions addressing diverse aspects of the challenges to and future academic and practical prospects of women’s entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship.
Women.
Women in development.
Entrepreneurship.
Women's Studies.
Development and Gender.