Gender-based Determinants of Innovative Activity in Southeast European Established Entrepreneurs

The innovation gender gap in transition countries

“…While the studies conducted by Becic and Vojinic (2018) on the relationship between female top manager and innovation in CEECS' firms show that, on average, firm innovation activities are lower when women are top managers, Dohse et al (2019) focus on the role of female managers and female owners in the introduction of product innovation in emerging and developing countries showing that female owners rather than female managers are more prone to introduce innovation. Finally, focusing on the Transition Countries, few analyses attempt to explain the innovation gap between male and female owners at firm's level (Hozer-Kocmiel et al, 2017;Popovic Pantic, 2014;Sirec & Mocnik, 2015). Although emphasizing the female capacity to improve incremental innovation, the study of Pantic ( 2014) is descriptive and relies on a sample of 22 Serbian small and medium firms.…”

“…Also, Hozer-Kocmiel et al (2017) examine the role of gender in innovation in SME in both tourism and creative sectors in five Baltic Sea countries and find that the creative industry is more innovative than the tourism sector, but their study is carried out on 102 qualitative pilot surveys on women who conducted their business activities during the year 2015. To the best of our knowledge, only Sirec and Mocnik (2015) examine the innovation activities and the gender dimensions of owner-managers of firms in eight South-Eastern European countries (SeECs) applying a binary logistic regression model. They show that significant relationships exist between the innovative activity and the main predictors (education, international orientation, and firm growth aspiration) that are different between the two genders.…”

Rapid Internationalization Emerging Markets Multinationals from Latin America: The Case of the AJE Group

“…They are more likely to consider a risky situation as a challenge that a call for participation. Conversely, females are socialized to be risk-averse and consider a risky situation as a threat (S ˇirec and Mocnik 2015). They pursue their goals with more cautious strategies (McKay-Nesbitt et al 2013, p. 2247.…”

“…They pursue their goals with more cautious strategies (McKay-Nesbitt et al 2013, p. 2247. However, they are more realistic in a risky context, whereas male entrepreneurs are more over-optimistic (S ˇirec and Mocnik 2015). Sexton and Bowman-Upton (1990) argued that female entrepreneurs are less willing than male entrepreneurs to become involved in situations with uncertain outcomes.…”