Linking female entrepreneurs' motivation to business survival

Rey-Martí, Andrea; Tur-Porcar, Ana; Mas‐Tur, Alicia

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.11.033

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“…Although based on a small sample of self-employed, Rey-Martí et al (2015) find that women who state that they became self-employed to pursue a better work-life balance are less likely to succeed. Hughes (2006) also finds indications that women who state that they became self-employed for Bwork-family^reasons have lower incomes from self-employment than those having Bclassic^motives such as independence, challenge, and financial independence.…”

Section: Self-employment Entry After Childbirthmentioning

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How does motherhood affect self-employment performance?

Joona

2017

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This paper analyzes the timing between self-employment entry and first child birth among Swedish women, using register data for the cohort of women born between 1970 and 1975. We use longitudinal data, where w e observe selfemployment entry, childbirths, and self-employment outcomes during the period 1995 to 2013. The main research question is whether women who have children when entering self-employment perform less well compared to women who do not have children at the time of self-employment entry. One reason to expect differences in outcomes is that childless women are less time constrained and could potentially invest more time in the business, which could affect outcomes. We find, contrary to our hypothesis, that women who had a child at the time of selfemployment entry have higher incomes, higher revenues and more employees in their firms, while we find no difference in the exit rate out of selfemployment.

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Section: Self-employment Entry After Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 92%

How does motherhood affect self-employment performance?

Joona

2017

Small Bus Econ

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“…Since its initial development in the mid-1980s at [74], and extended to the current year by the work of Ragin [75], Cronqvist and Berg-Schlosser [76], QCA methodology has spread successfully across the disciplines of business administration and management (see [12,[77][78][79][80]). …”

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Sustainability Matter and Financial Performance of Companies

2017

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Abstract:The relationship between social and environmental performance and financial performance in companies has been a subject widely debated in the literature but the results obtained to date are not conclusive. This research employs the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and offers new evidence on the relationship between both types of performance in a sample of companies listed in the Spanish capital market. Financial performance is measured by the return on equity (ROE) ratio, variable that is widely used in Finance and Accounting related research. The corporate performance of the company is measured by its inclusion or not in the sustainability index used as reference for the Spanish capital market, the FTSEGood4 IBEX. The model also incorporates other business variables that might affect the relationships between both types of performance, such as return on assets (ROA) ratio, company size, debt ratio, and industry. The results suggest that, for specific industries, return on assets is a necessary condition for companies with leverage to reduce the cost of debt due to their sustainability profile and consequently boost their ROE.

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“…As we can see, both reasons relate to discrimination against women in the labour market. Nevertheless, other studies (Herron and Robinson 1993;Rey-Martí et al 2015) have demonstrated that business expansion also depends on business owners' motivation and on attitude and intention with respect to the future of the business. Along these lines, other studies (Fischer et al 1993;Rosa et al 1996;Du Rietz and Henrekson 2000) have reported that business size is also related to women business owners' motivations and attitudes towards expansion, which differ from those of male business owners.…”

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Barriers to women entrepreneurship. Different methods, different results?

2016

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Building on research by Akehurst et al. (Serv Ind J 32:2489-2505, this study analysed internal and external factors in women entrepreneurship and linked these factors to the barriers that women face when starting businesses. To do so, two contrasting statistical techniques were used: PLS and QCA. After analysing results from each of these techniques, we observed that family duties and difficulties in obtaining financing (both internal and external) were the main factors related to barriers faced by women entrepreneurs.

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Linking female entrepreneurs' motivation to business survival

Cited by 133 publications

References 45 publications

How does motherhood affect self-employment performance?

How does motherhood affect self-employment performance?

Sustainability Matter and Financial Performance of Companies

Barriers to women entrepreneurship. Different methods, different results?

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