Women Entrepreneurs; Business Financing; Gender; Femmes entrepreneures; Financement; Genre
Abstract :
[en] While women-owned ventures represent an increasing proportion of new businesses in most western countries, most of them have particular financing patterns and encounter barriers in their access to financing. Recent research on the question argues that barriers to financing are mainly dependent on factors other than gender, such as owner- and firm-related characteristics. This quantitative and qualitative study, through descriptive statistics and interview analysis, examines the relationship between financing patterns and barriers and gender from the woman entrepreneur’s viewpoint. It explores the behaviours and representations of women entrepreneurs towards financing, and considers to what extent the women see their own approaches as being different from those of men. Our study suggests that a gender effect still exists, and tries to identify its location and the corresponding implications for further research and action.
Research center :
EgiD - Études sur le Genre et la Diversité en Gestion - ULiège
Disciplines :
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
Author, co-author :
Constantinidis, Christina ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC - École de gestion de l'ULiège > Gestion des ressources hum. et management des organisations
Cornet, Annie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC - École de gestion de l'ULiège > Gestion des ressources hum. et management des organisations
Asandei, Simona
Language :
English
Title :
Financing of Women-Owned Ventures: The Impact of Gender and Other Owner- and Firm-Related Variables
Publication date :
April 2006
Journal title :
Venture Capital
ISSN :
1369-1066
eISSN :
1464-5343
Publisher :
Routledge, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Special issue title :
Special Issue: Gender and Entrepreneurial Finance
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Pages :
133-157
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Programme Equal 2003-2005 - Projet Diane: Les femmes entrepreneures face à la formation, au financement et aux réseaux
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