The paper explores gender as a rarely studied aspect of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Serbia, with a focus on gender based differences in the components of entrepreneurs' human capital. The results indicate that the expected relationship between entrepreneurs' gender and the components of human capital was found in most cases. There were statistically significant differences regarding the field of education, the existence of previous management and prior entrepreneurial (ownership) experience, as well as differences related to the entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the field of marketing and general management. All these differences are in favour of male entrepreneurs.
The paper presents the results of a pilot study of the entrepreneurial activity of women in selected regions of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria, focusing on the components of the social capital of female entrepreneurs. Bearing in mind the
This paper focuses on the strategic practice of Serbian entrepreneurs by
addressing the issue of their entrepreneurial orientation. Based on a sample
of 101 respondents (randomly drawn from the Serbian Business Registers
Agency?s database), the research tries to answer the question of whether
Serbian entrepreneurs? strategic choices in the fields of growth,
innovation, and marketing are entrepreneurially oriented. The paper also
reports research on gender differences regarding these issues. The results
suggest that Serbian entrepreneurs are entrepreneurially oriented when
making decisions about growth, innovation, and marketing. Also, Serbian
women entrepreneurs are less entrepreneurially oriented than men when
choosing growth strategies, but more entrepreneurially oriented in certain
aspects of market orientation. No statistically important gender differences
were found regarding innovation strategies.
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