The analysis of the decision to enter into self‐employment is a hot topic in the economic
literature. Among the elements that most directly influence this decision, individual factors …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand women's approaches to acquiring
financial and other resources is essential for closing the entrepreneurship gender gap. In …

Female entrepreneurship is important for business and economic development. However,
women face greater obstacles than men in accessing financing and information, making it …

Within the next decade, the number of self-employed workers, now 40% of the workforce, is
predicted to surpass that of traditional employees. Managing finances (financial literacy) is …

This article uses empirical evidence from the UK to consider how demand for external
finance changed as the economy entered recession and whether external finance became …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

It is more than 10 years since the special issue on women and the financing of their
entrepreneurial ventures (Leitch and Hill 2006) was published in this journal. At that time …

This critical review of the literature on female entrepreneurship problematizes the
metanarrative of economic growth and the mechanisms through which it both operates and …

Using gender as a theoretical framework, we analyse the dynamics of bank lending to small-
and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis …

Purpose This study investigates the antecedents of women entrepreneurs' performance in
an emerging economy. Based on the review of extant literature, six antecedents of women …