The Embeddedness of Women’s Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context

Welter, Friederike; Smallbone, David

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“…We draw on research that finds women are more likely than men to express an ethic of care (Jaffee and Hyde 2000) to argue that women may also be potentially more likely to place greater priorities on social and environmental value creation goals over economic goals. Considering that enterprising individuals are embedded in contexts (Welter and Smallbone 2010;, we investigate how blended value creation goals are shaped by a national culture of post-materialism-the extent to which a national society emphasizes autonomy, self-expression, and wellbeing in shaping venture value creation objectives. We argue that entrepreneurs in strong post-materialist societies will prioritize social and environmental value creation goals over economic goals.…”

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Taking care of business: the impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs’ blended value creation goals

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We examine entrepreneurs' economic, social, and environmental goals for value creation for their new ventures. Drawing on ethics of care and theories of societal post-materialism, we develop a set of hypotheses predicting patterns of value creation across gender and countries. Using a sample of 15,141 entrepreneurs in 48 countries from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, we find that gender and cultural values of post-materialism significantly impact the kinds of value creation emphasized by entrepreneurs. Specifically, women entrepreneurs are more likely than men to emphasize social value goals over economic value creation goals. Individuals who start ventures in strong post-materialist societies are more likely to have social and environmental value creation goals and less likely to have economic value creation goals. Furthermore, as levels of post-materialism rise among societies, the relationship between value creation goals and gender changes, intensifying both the negative effect of being female on economic

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Taking care of business: the impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs’ blended value creation goals

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“…These reviews highlight the persistence of overly masculine representations of entrepreneurship (Bruni et al . ), the continuous use of male norms in evaluating WE, and evidence of how women do gender (Diaz García and Welter ), conceal it (Lewis ) or defy gender norms when doing business (Welter and Smallbone ). Scholars also note how studies give preference to positivist methodologies in which gender is treated as an abstract and binary variable (Henry et al .…”

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Value of Formalization for Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Contexts: A Review and Research Agenda

Xheneti

Madden

Karki

2017

Int J Management Reviews

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Formalization is constantly being proposed as being of great benefit to business expansion and success. This claim, however, has not been previously tested through a review of the empirical evidence, especially in relation to the large number of women in the developing world that operate in the informal economy. Therefore, the aim of this review is to systematize the current empirical evidence on gender, the informal economy and formalization, using a narrative synthesis of 76 papers. The papers were analysed along three main analytical themes -identity, institutions, and constraints and preferences -highlighting their conceptualization in studies of different academic disciplines -economics, sociology, entrepreneurship and development. The review calls for more accurate accounts of formalization decisions by widening the lens through which formalization decisions are conceptualized. These should take account of the rich contextual and temporal dimensions central to these decisions, and recognize that gender alone is not a sufficient factor in explaining women's choices in the informal economy. The review also highlights limitations in relation to the limited conceptual and empirical evidence on which development priorities such as formalization are set. The authors propose a research agenda centred on the need for conceptual frameworks that are more sensitive towards the multidimensional contexts of women's choices.

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“…Jennings and McDougal (2007) suggested the term 'motherhood' as a metaphor representing the household/family context. Brush et al (2009) argued that motherhood or family/household contexts might have a larger impact on women than men, while Welter and Smallbone (2010) illustrated that this context might be very different depending on the country of operation. For example, in a recent study of entrepreneurial intentions in two developed and two developing countries, it was found that the highest barrier for starting a business is indeed risk related (Iakovleva et al 2013).…”

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“…The presence of women leading small and entrepreneurial organizations has had a powerful impact on the global business landscape and employment (Minnitti et al 2005;Diana Project 2005). However, research on women entrepreneurs in transitional economies is less developed (Tkachev and Kolvereid 1999), and the positive impact of female entrepreneurs is not always recognized to the same degree by countries in transition (Welter and Smallbone 2010). Scholars have acknowledged that with regard to gender and entrepreneurship, policymakers and financial experts in any particular country should not uncritically rely on research results from other countries (Eriksson et al 2009;Welter 2011).…”

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Women-owned family businesses in transitional economies: key influences on firm innovativeness and sustainability

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This research presents an examination of familial influence on strategic entrepreneurial behaviors within a transitional economic context. Utilizing a large sample of women-led family businesses, the study investigates the relationships between risk-taking propensity, entrepreneurial intensity, and opportunity recognition of the entrepreneur and the innovative orientation of the firm and sustainability. A model of the influences on innovativeness and sustainability in family firms is developed, and the potential contribution of the present study is the identification of constructs that facilitate these strategic outcomes and behaviors that drive growth. The degree to which family firms can create new products, services, and processes that add value to their marketplace can strongly influence their sustainability, especially in an emerging economy.

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The Embeddedness of Women’s Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context

Cited by 56 publications

References 40 publications

Taking care of business: the impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs’ blended value creation goals

Taking care of business: the impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs’ blended value creation goals

Value of Formalization for Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Contexts: A Review and Research Agenda

Women-owned family businesses in transitional economies: key influences on firm innovativeness and sustainability

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