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A theoretical overview and extension of research on sex, gender, and entrepreneurship
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In this article, the authors explored other potential differences related to discrimination and to socialization (which are hypothesized based on liberal and social feminism) and looked at their relationship to a more comprehensive set of business performance measures.About:
This article is published in Journal of Business Venturing.The article was published on 1993-03-01. It has received 928 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Entrepreneurship & Liberal feminism.read more
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Culture and entrepreneurial potential: A nine country study of locus of control and innovativeness
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that individuals with both an internal locus of control and innovative orientation appeared more frequently in highly individualistic and low uncertainty cultures than in collectivistic, high uncertainty avoidance cultures.
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Why research on women entrepreneurs needs new directions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss what research practices cause women's subordination and suggest new research directions that do not reproduce women subordination but capture more and richer aspects of women's entrepreneurship.
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The career reasons of nascent entrepreneurs
TL;DR: The authors explored the reasons that nascent entrepreneurs offered for their work and career choices and compared those responses to the reasons given by a group of nonentrepreneurs, finding that self-realization, financial success, roles, innovation, recognition, and independence were the most common reasons for entrepreneurship.
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Does one size fit all? exploring the relationship between attitudes towards growth, gender, and business size
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined a relatively unexplored dimension on which male and female entrepreneurs are expected to differ: their attitudes towards growth, and found that the growth of a venture is at least partially determined by the entrepreneur's motivations and intentions, yet very few have investigated whether gender differences exist.
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Research on Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges to (and from) the Broader Entrepreneurship Literature?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors document the development of the body of work known as women's entrepreneurship research and assess the contributions of this work, specifically vis-a-vis the broader entrepreneurship literature.
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Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges
Murray B. Low,Ian C. MacMillan +1 more
TL;DR: The contributions and shortcomings of past entrepreneurship research can be viewed within the context of six research design specifications: purpose, theoretical perspective, focus, level of analysis, time frame and methodology as discussed by the authors.
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Gender and Organizational Performance: Determinants of Small Business Survival and Success
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined several hypotheses on how the survival and success of small businesses headed by men and women are related to industry differences, organizational structures, and attribu...