Women in Entrepreneurship Lit Review

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This is the main Women in Entrepreneurship Lit Review page. It details searches for papers related to the general role of women in entrepreneurship, studies predicting the women's outcomes, and VC investment based on gender. The results are currently posted as BibTeX entries, sorted by topic. Each entry has an abstract amd a filename field included. All of the papers have links posted for download.

Lit review and general papers

Are Women Owner-Managers Challenging our Definitions of Entrepreneurship? @article{lee1990women,

 title={Are women owner-managers challenging our definitions of entrepreneurship? An in-depth survey},
 author={Lee-Gosselin, Helene and Grise, Jacques},
 journal={Journal of business ethics},
 volume={9},
 number={4-5},
 pages={423--433},
 year={1990},
 publisher={Springer}
 abstract={this study found the importance for women to have small, stable businesses}

}

Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions @article{ahl2006research,

 title={Why research on women entrepreneurs needs new directions},
 author={Ahl, Helene},
 journal={Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice},
 volume={30},
 number={5},
 pages={595--621},
 year={2006},
 publisher={Wiley Online Library}
 abstract={this article discusses what research practices cause these results. It suggests new research directions that do not reproduce women's subordination but capture more and richer aspects of women's entrepreneurship.}

}

Entrepreneur-mentality, gender and the study of women entrepreneurs @article{bruni2004entrepreneur,

 title={Entrepreneur-mentality, gender and the study of women entrepreneurs},
 author={Bruni, Attila and Gherardi, Silvia and Poggio, Barbara},
 journal={Journal of Organizational Change Management},
 volume={17},
 number={3},
 pages={256--268},
 year={2004},
 publisher={Emerald Group Publishing Limited}
 abstract ={Taking a deconstructive gaze on how an entrepreneur‐mentality discourse is gendered, reveals the gender sub‐text underpinning the practices of the scientific community that study women entrepreneurs and, in so doing, open a space to question them.}

}

A Gender-Aware Framework for Women's Entrepreneurship @article{brush2009gender,

 title={A gender-aware framework for women's entrepreneurship},
 author={Brush, Candida G and De Bruin, Anne and Welter, Friederike},
 journal={International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship},
 volume={1},
 number={1},
 pages={8--24},
 year={2009},
 publisher={Emerald Group Publishing Limited}
 abstract={The purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship.}

}

Female Entrepreneurs: How Far Have They Come? @article{buttner1993female,

 title={Female entrepreneurs: how far have they come?},
 author={Buttner, E Holly},
 journal={Business Horizons},
 volume={36},
 number={2},
 pages={59--65},
 year={1993},
 publisher={Elsevier}
 abstract={Summarizes what we know about women in today's entrepreneurship environment}

}

Impact of women-only entrepreneurship training in islamic society @article{roomi2008impact,

 title={Impact of women-only entrepreneurship training in Islamic society},
 author={Roomi, Muhammad Azam and Harrison, Pegram},
 journal={Women's Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: A Dialogue and Construction},
 year={2008},
 publisher={Copenhagen Business School Press}
 abstract={this is a chapter of a book}

}

Studies that predict how well women will do

Female Entrepreneurs - Are They Really Any Different? @article{birley1988swp,

 title={SWP 5187 FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS-ARE THEY REALLY ANY DIFFERENT?},
 author={Birley, Sue},
 year={1988}
 abstract={this paper concludes that the major difference between men and women is market-entry choices made}

}

Funding New Business Ventures: Are Decision Makers Biased Against Women Entrepreneurs? @article{buttner1989funding,

 title={Funding new business ventures: Are decision makers biased against women entrepreneurs?},
 author={Buttner, E Holly and Rosen, Benson},
 journal={Journal of Business Venturing},
 volume={4},
 number={4},
 pages={249--261},
 year={1989},
 publisher={Elsevier}
 abstract={this study systematically tested the allegations of female entrepreneurs that bank loan officers are more likely to grant loans, to make a counteroffer, and to make larger counteroffers to male entrepreneurs compared to female entrepreneurs under identical circumstances.}

}

Initial human and financial capital as predictors of new venture performance @article{cooper1994initial,

 title={Initial human and financial capital as predictors of new venture performance},
 author={Cooper, Arnold C and Gimeno-Gascon, F Javier and Woo, Carolyn Y},
 journal={Journal of business venturing},
 volume={9},
 number={5},
 pages={371--395},
 year={1994},
 publisher={Elsevier}
 abstract={predict the performance of new ventures based on factors that can be observed at the time of start-up}

}

Women entrepreneurs who break through to equity financing: the influence of human, social and financial capital @article{carter2003women,

 title={Women entrepreneurs who break through to equity financing: the influence of human, social and financial capital},
 author={Carter, Nancy and Brush, Candida and Greene, Patricia and Gatewood, Elizabeth and Hart, Myra},
 journal={Venture Capital: an international journal of entrepreneurial finance},
 volume={5},
 number={1},
 pages={1--28},
 year={2003},
 publisher={Taylor \& Francis}
 abstract={The authors identify key factors associated with funding, growth, and success: the founder's goals, expertise, and commitment; strategic direction; team building; effective use of networks; and access to capital.}

}

Examining Venture-Related Myths Concerning Women Entrepreneurs @article{menzies2004examining,

 title={Examining venture-related myths concerning women entrepreneurs},
 author={Menzies, Teresa V and Diochon, Monica and Gasse, Yvon},
 journal={Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship},
 volume={9},
 number={2},
 pages={89},
 year={2004},
 publisher={World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd.}
 abstract={the findings show that perhaps women do not have the right educational background to start large businesses and they may be starting businesses unattractive to venture capitalists}

}

Clearing the hurdles: women building high-growth businesses @book{brush2004clearing,

 title={Clearing the hurdles: Women building high-growth businesses},
 author={Brush, Candida and Carter, Nancy and Gatewood, Elizabeth and Greene, Patricia and Hart, Myra},
 year={2004},
 publisher={FT Press}
 abstract={This exploratory study utilizes longitudinal data to track US venture capital investments by proportion, stage, industry and gender.}

}

The Ambitious Entrepreneur: High growth strategies of women-owned enterprises @article{gundry2001ambitious,

 title={The ambitious entrepreneur: High growth strategies of women-owned enterprises},
 author={Gundry, Lisa K and Welsch, Harold P},
 journal={Journal of business Venturing},
 volume={16},
 number={5},
 pages={453--470},
 year={2001},
 publisher={Elsevier}
 abstract={attempted to identify the strategic paths chosen by entrepreneurs and the relation of those paths to the growth orientation of the firm. The entrepreneurs sampled in this study are women entrepreneurs across a wide range of industrial sectors}

}