International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 1 Issue 1

A gender‐aware framework for women's entrepreneurship

Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin, Friederike Welter

The purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship.

Gender and entrepreneurial capital: implications for firm performance

Eleanor Shaw, Susan Marlow, Wing Lam, Sara Carter

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the interplay between gender, entrepreneurial capital and firm performance. Using matched sample data, the paper considers how gender…

Gender and the SME “finance gap”

John Watson, Rick Newby, Annie Mahuka

While some previous research supports the existence of a finance gap within the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, particularly for female owned SMEs, the evidence is…

Women entrepreneurs and venture capital: managing the shadow negotiation

Teresa Nelson, Sylvia Maxfield, Deborah Kolb

The purpose of this paper is to conceptually and empirically explore issues that explain why women entrepreneurs access only a small percentage of venture capital (VC) investment…

Women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa: a five‐country research study

Julie R. Weeks

The purpose of this paper is to offer an account of women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa.

Guru interview with Marsha Firestone

Kirsten Wynn

The purpose of this paper is to present an interview with Dr Marsha Firestone, Founder and President of the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO), to elicit her expert views on the…

Editorial

Colette Henry