The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship

The literature in female entrepreneurship has witnessed significant development in the last 30 years, with the research emphasis shifting from purely descriptive explorations towards a clear effort to embed research within highly informed conceptual frameworks. With contributions from leading and emerging researchers, The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship brings together the latest international research, concepts and thinking in the area. With a strong international dimension, this book will facilitate comparative discussion and analysis on all aspects of female entrepreneurship, including start-ups, socio-economic influences, entrepreneurial capital and minority entrepreneurship.Reflecting the subject’s growing importance for researchers, academics and policy makers as well as those involved in supporting women’s entrepreneurship through training programmes, networks, consultancy or the provision of venture capital, The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship will be an invaluable reference resource.

Introduction: The Context and Practice of Female EntrepreneurshipColette Henry, Teresa Nelson & Kate LewisPart 1: The Context for Female EntrepreneurshipWomen Entrepreneurs and Their Ventures: Complicating Categories and Contextualising GenderAngela Martinez-Dy & Susan MarlowExperiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Family FirmsMary Barrett & Ken MooresWomen, Entrepreneurship and SustainabilityKate Kearins & Katrin SchaeferSaudi Women’s Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Social Construction of Norms and PerceptionsRenaud Redien-Collot, Laurice Alexandre & Wassim J. AloulouFemale Academic Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation: Reviewing the Evidence and Identifying the ChallengesHelen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Viviana Meschitti & Alex PoulovassilisPart 2: The Ecosystem for Female EntrepreneursStrategies to Redress Entrepreneurship Gender Gaps in CanadaBarbara J. OrserU.S. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Access to Early-Stage FinancingLinda Edelman, Tatiana Manolova & Candida BrushFinancing High-Growth Women-Owned Firms in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for Public PolicySusan Coleman & Alicia Robb Gender Differences in New Venture Funding: Supply-Side Discrimination or Demand-Side Disinclination?John Watson, Michael Stuetzer & Roxanne ZolinPart 3: Supporting Female EntrepreneursSupporting and Training Female Necessity EntrepreneursWalid A. Nakara, Nerine Bouguerra & Alain FayolleEntrepreneurial Role Models: An Integrated Framework from a Constructionist PerspectiveMaria Cristina Díaz-García & Janice ByrneFemale Entrepreneurship, Role Models and Network Externalities in Middle–Income Countries Maria MinnitiRevisiting Research on Gender in Entrepreneurial Networks Lene FossPart 4: IdentityIdentity Work, Swift Trust and Gender: The Role of Women-Only Leadership Development ProgrammesClaire Leitch, Richard Harrison & Maura McAdamPostfeminism and Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Identity of the ‘Mumpreneur’Patricia LewisFemale Lifestyle Entrepreneurs and Their Business ModelsHelle Neergaard & Dorthe Refslund ChristensenTales of Heroine EntrepreneursKarin Berglund, Helen Ahl & Katarina PetterssonPerceived Legitimacy of Women Entrepreneurs in France: Between Identity Legitimacy and Entrepreneurial LegitimacyPhilippe Pailot, Corinne Poroli & Stéphanie ChasserioPart 5: DemographyWomen, Disability and EntrepreneurshipKate Caldwell, Sarah Parker Harris & Maija RenkoFemale Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?Maria Villares-Varela, Monder Ram & Trevor JonesEntrepreneurial Activity Among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of SurvivalThomas M. Cooney & Denis FoleyEntrepreneurship, Age and Gender: The Swedish Case Carin Holmquist & Elisabeth SundinIndex

Edited by Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland and UiT-The Arctic University of Norway; Teresa Nelson, Simmons College, Boston, USA, and Kate Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.