Women entrepreneurs and the global environment for growth : a research perspective

TLDR: The work-family interface strategies of Male and Female Entrepreneurs: Are There Any Differences? Jennifer E. Jennings, Karen D. Hughes and P. Devereaux Jennings as discussed by the authors.

Abstract: Contents: 1. Introduction: Women Entrepreneurs and Growth Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Colette Henry PART I: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS 2. Entrepreneurship, Gender and Job Creation: European Dynamics Marc Cowling 3. Gender and Entrepreneurship: Revealing Constructions and Underlying Processes - The Case of Norway Gry Agnete Alsos, Ragnhild Steen Jensen and Elisabet Ljunggren 4. Female Leadership and Company Profitability Annu Kotiranta, Anne Kovalainen and Petri Rouvinen 5. Influences on Women's Entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic Lorna Treanor and Colette Henry 6. The Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context Friederike Welter and David Smallbone 7. Women Empowering Women: Female Entrepreneurs and Home-based Producers in Jordan Haya Al-Dajani and Sara Carter 8. Exploring the Heterogeneity of Women's Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Family Structure and Family Policies in Europe and the US Vartuhi Tonoyan, Michelle Budig and Robert Strohmeyer PART II: GROWTH STRATEGIES AND ENABLERS 9. The Work-Family Interface Strategies of Male and Female Entrepreneurs: Are There Any Differences? Jennifer E. Jennings, Karen D. Hughes and P. Devereaux Jennings 10. An Integrated View of Gender, Finance and Entrepreneurial Capital: Theory, Practice and Policy Eleanor Shaw, Sara Carter and Wing Lam 11. Growing a High-tech Business: Gender, Perceptions and Experiences in Northern Ireland Frances M. Hill, Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison 12. Male and Female Entrepreneurs' Networks at Four Venture Stages Kim Klyver and Siri Terjesen 13. Gender, Opportunity Recognition and the Role of Internal Networks Rodney Farr-Wharton and Yvonne Brunetto 14. 'All by Myself': The Female High-technology Entrepreneur Maura McAdam and Susan Marlow 15. Physician as Feminist Entrepreneur: The Gendered Nature of Venture Creation and the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre Barbara Orser and Joanne Leck 16. Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs in the Russian Emerging Market Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths, Lisa K. Gundry and Tatiana Iakovleva 17. Gender Differences in the Growth Aspirations and Technology Orientation of Slovenian Entrepreneurs Karin Sirec, Polona Tominc and Miroslav Rebernik Index