The digitalisation as gender equaliser? The import and export of digitally delivered services in shaping female entrepreneurship in European countries

Gaweł, Aleksandra; Mińska‐Struzik, Ewa

doi:10.1108/ijge-08-2022-0141

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“…Another approach to achieving gender equality in entrepreneurship education curricula is forming gender-balanced learning groups. Equal representation of boys and girls in classroom dynamics creates equal opportunities in team decision-making and leadership of venture ideas (Gawet & Minska-Struzik, 2023).…”

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Gender differences in entrepreneurship studies

Rotnitsky,

Ukrop,

Yavich

et al. 2023

The European Educational Researcher

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The purpose of this study is to examine gender differences in entrepreneurial competencies and self-efficacy among middle school students in an entrepreneurship program. Research shows entrepreneurship is perceived as a male domain, yet girls exhibit strengths in skills like collaboration, creativity, and practical planning that predict entrepreneurial success. However, lower self-efficacy among girls undermines entrepreneurial interest despite proficiencies. Assessing multidimensional competencies beyond narrow metrics reveals overlooked potential in girls.<br /> This study evaluates teamwork, innovation, marketing, feasibility, and impact skills. It also measures entrepreneurial self-efficacy pre-post program. Results show girls outperformed boys consistently across competencies, but boys had higher self-efficacy gains. This highlights the need to build broader skill sets and address biases that restrict girls from developing entrepreneurial self-concepts despite genuine capabilities. Fostering gender-inclusive learning and diverse role models can help girls translate competencies into greater self-efficacy. Providing equal skill-building opportunities and assessments capturing the full spectrum of entrepreneurial strengths is critical to tap the potential of both genders and achieve a gender-balanced entrepreneurial learning.

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Gender differences in entrepreneurship studies

Rotnitsky,

Ukrop,

Yavich

et al. 2023

The European Educational Researcher

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“…The transformative process of digitalisation refers to the conversion of businesses into digital formats, which opens new possibilities for female entrepreneurs, lowers entry barriers, and provides women with greater access to markets and customers. Digitalisation is believed to make running businesses more genderless (Gaweł, Mińska-Struzik, 2023;Leong et al, 2022;McAdam, Crowley, Harrison, 2020;Yeganehfar et al, 2018;Ameen, Willis, 2016), transcending traditional gender roles and biases. It is shaping a new business culture and infl uencing the rise of women entrepreneurs online (Steel, 2021;Ughetto, Rossi, Lehmann, 2020) by democratising access to resources and removing traditional barriers to entry and fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community building among female entrepreneurs.…”

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2024

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The result of an effective management of the redistribution of European Union funds should be a reduction of disparities between EU regions by guaranteeing their comprehensive and harmonious development and supporting the economic and social cohesion of member countries. A poorly-conducted programming process of fi nancial interventionism, the source of which is EU funds, may result in divergence between regions, the direct effect of which would be their social and economic marginalisation. For this reason, it is important to skillfully manage those funds. The main aim of this article is to present the factors affecting the decision-making process of the use of EU co-fi nancing, and that includes the pandemic as an external variable being a threat to the implementation of investments from the EU's structural funds. To explain the multivariate associations between explanatory variables and the binary outcome variables, logistic regression was employed. Based on the tests' results, signifi cant associations were observed between the dependent variable and (a) participation in training co-fi nanced by EU funds, (b) receiving information regarding additional EU funds as pandemic support, and (c) the suspension of planned investments using EU funds due to the pandemic situation. A comprehensive distribution of respondents according to the response categories in the analysed variables within the entire sample (N = 950) was presented. Corresponding associations were evident within a sub-sample (N = 303). The model showed that all signifi cant independent variables explain the use of EU funds, but the model explains just 28.6% of the 8 Studia Europejskie -Studies in European Affairs, 1/2024 decision to use the funds. Thus, the following study indicates directions that require further research.

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Women in the ICT Sector in European Union States: Facing Gender Inequalities

Gaweł,

Kapsdorferová

2024

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This paper aims to investigate the patterns of gender inequalities in the Information and Communication (ICT) sector in European Union (EU) countries. Based on secondary data from Eurostat, a cluster analysis has been conducted to identify clusters of EU countries with various patterns of dependencies among the gender pay gap, female entrepreneurship, and employment in the ICT sector. Three clusters of EU countries have been identiﬁed with different patterns of the situation as regards women in this sector. In countries belonging to the ﬁrst cluster, a higher level of gender pay gap coexists with the lowest share of female participation in the ICT sector and features the choice of entrepreneurship rather than employment. In countries of the second cluster, the lowest gender pay gap is observed together with an increase in female employment in the ICT sector as compared to the countries in the ﬁrst cluster, and a higher share of employed women than entrepreneurs. In the countries of the third cluster, the moderate gender pay gap found therein is associated with the highest share of female ICT entrepreneurs, and is higher than the share of employed professionals. The discovery of the various patterns of the co-existence of the gender pay gap and women’s participation in the ICT sector reveal that the pay gap is rather the factor preventing women from entering this sector, as there is limited potential to push them towards entrepreneurship instead of paid employment. The authors’ results contribute to the theory of entrepreneurship and gender studies by investigating gender gaps in entrepreneurship and wages in the ICT sector as a primary sector.

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The digitalisation as gender equaliser? The import and export of digitally delivered services in shaping female entrepreneurship in European countries

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Women in the ICT Sector in European Union States: Facing Gender Inequalities

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