Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions

Ahl, Helene

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00138.x

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“…Similarly, of the 24 copreneur couples studied by Firkin et al (2003), 11 21 gave the man the primary role. In general, the entrepreneurial literature has traditionally presented a business model centered on the man, 12 while the female entrepreneur is seen as an exception (Ahl, 2006). The woman more often takes a supporting role (Dupuis and de Bruin, 2004), while the man is considered the official leader.…”

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“…In Western societies, the cult of the entrepreneur sees the man as a hero who braves the horrors of the business world (Ahl, 2006;Drakopoulou-Dodd and Anderson, 2007), and who consequently leaves the woman who supports him (in life or in business) in obscurity. Convention dictates that there is only room for one person, the man, at the head of the family business (Smith, 2014).…”

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Women and power: a theoretical approach using the example of copreneurial businesses

Hirigoyen¹,

Villéger²

2017

Palgrave Commun

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Despite the gradual recognition of strategic issues related to the integration of women into the economy, female entrepreneurship continues to receive little attention. Family business research attributes this situation to a lack of recognition given to the (decisive) role of women in these organizations. However, there is one type of family governance that formally acknowledges the man/woman combination: the copreneurial company. Copreneurs are couples who run a business together. This theoretical article highlights the role of women in the copreneurial context by distinguishing between formal and informal power-the latter being primarily held by women, but which is no less influential. The distribution of power reduces opposition costs between partners and the social costs of noncompliance, and improves the clarity of the entrepreneurial structure. Moreover, it increases satisfaction and a feeling of equality between the partners. These results can be generalized and shed light on the role of women in other entrepreneurial and social contexts. This article is published as part as part of a collection on the role of women in management and business.

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Women and power: a theoretical approach using the example of copreneurial businesses

Hirigoyen¹,

Villéger²

2017

Palgrave Commun

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“…For instance, authors have stressed the need for a collective focus on women entrepreneurs to enable an understanding of contextual and cultural variables rather than an individualist focus (Essers, Doorewaard, and Benschop 2013). Research further points to the need for explorative qualitative rather than analytic quantitative techniques for a more robust understanding of the phenomenon of women's entrepreneurship to 'shed light on the actions and efforts in entrepreneurship unique to women' (Ahl 2006;Brush and Cooper 2012, 5;Hughes et al 2012). In addition, the entrepreneurship literature has been criticized for neglecting the impact of family dynamics on entrepreneurial processes, despite family and business dynamics being highly interrelated (Aldrich and Cliff 2003;Jennings and McDougald 2007).…”

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“…In the last few decades, we have witnessed an expansion of scholarly interest in the field of women's entrepreneurship (Ahl 2006;Calas, Smircich, and Bourne 2009;Hughes et al 2012;Chiang, Low, and Collins 2013;Gutiérrez, Fuentes, and Ariza 2014;Langevang et al 2015). As the topic matures, scholars have stressed the need for new research directions 'to capture more and richer aspects of women's entrepreneurship' (Ahl 2006, 610;Calas, Smircich, and Bourne 2009;Hughes et al 2012;Gutiérrez, Fuentes, and Ariza 2014).…”

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Family embeddedness and entrepreneurship experience: a study of Indian migrant women entrepreneurs in Australia

Azmat

Fujimoto

2016

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…Previous research on female entrepreneurs focused its attention both on developed countries (Paoloni and Demartini, 2012;De Vita et al, 2014;Ahl and Nelson, 2015), and on emerging and undeveloped countries (Della-Giusta and Phillips, 2006;Welsh et al, 2014). These studies investigated the effects and the characteristics of female entrepreneurs (Danes et al, 2007;Xavier et al, 2012;Cesaroni and Sentuti, 2014;Paoloni and Dumay, 2015), their psychology and their motivation and the differences with male entrepreneurs (Ahl, 2006;Eddleston, 2008,2013;Ismail, 2014).…”

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Gender diversity on corporate boards: an empirical investigation of Italian listed companies

2017

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In recent years, there has been a growing consensus that gender diversity could improve the economic and social performance of companies-although progress has been painfully slow. In Italy, Law n. 120/2011 has required that since 2012 the composition of corporate boards must comprise at least 1/5 women and, from 2015, 1/3 women. Here, our primary aim was to study the proportion and the progression of female directors on the boards of Italian companies over the period between 2009-2014, among a sample of 60 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. We additionally studied the characteristics of the women on the companies' boards, in order to assemble a typical profile. To do this, we verified the boards' compositions, the number of female directors, women's power on the boards and their levels of education. Our results confirm that Italian law has produced significant effects on the composition of corporate boards. Moreover, we found that female directors are generally of Italian ethnic origin and have high levels of education, with a master's, and sometimes, post-master's degree. Furthermore, female directors are more likely to be professional figures with experience-the percentages of female directors with professional qualifications as well as the percentage of female directors on boards of other companies have consistently increased during the period mentioned. Our findings provide a descriptive analysis of female directors during the period between 2009-2014, thereby presenting a picture of gender equality in the Italian context. To our knowledge, this is the first study that has focused on examining gender equality among Italian-listed companies over such a long period. Future development of this research could examine in more depth the differences between male and female presence, behaviour and characteristics on boards, as well as how these issues affect the performance of firms. This article is published as part of a collection on the role of women in management and the workplace.

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Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions

Cited by 1,442 publications

References 89 publications

Women and power: a theoretical approach using the example of copreneurial businesses

Women and power: a theoretical approach using the example of copreneurial businesses

Family embeddedness and entrepreneurship experience: a study of Indian migrant women entrepreneurs in Australia

Gender diversity on corporate boards: an empirical investigation of Italian listed companies

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