International handbook of women and small business entrepreneurship / edited by Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson.

"The number of women entering small business ownership has increased significantly across the world in recent years. These women make a crucial contribution to the economic growth and development of local, national and global economies. Yet, despite their increasing numbers, they have received...

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Other Authors: Fielden, Sandra L., Davidson, Marilyn.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, Ma : Edward Elgar, [2005]
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Table of Contents:
  • Why women enter into small business ownership / Muriel Orhan
  • Characteristics of women small business owners / Sherrill R. Taylor, Julia D. Newcomer
  • Analysing achievement, motivation and leadership in women entrepreneurs : a new integration / Janice Langan-Fox
  • Career paths of women business owners / Dorothy Perrin Moore
  • The constraints facing women entering small business ownership / Leonie V. Still
  • The financing of small businesses : female experiences and strategies / Susan Marlow, Dean Patton
  • Succession planning in small firms : gender impacts / Lynn M. Martin, Chris Martin
  • The impact of family support on the success of women business owners / Nancy Rogers
  • African American women and small business start-up : backgrounds, goals and strategies used by African American women in the initialization and operation of small businesses / Katherine Inman, Linda M. Grant
  • The experiences of Asian women entering business start-up in the UK / Adel J. Dawe, Sandra L. Fielden
  • Ethnicity and gender in women's businesses in New Zealand / Judith K. Pringle, Rachel Wolfgramm
  • Hispanic women entrepreneurs and small business owners in the USA / Yolanda Sarason, Morgan Morrison
  • Women into enterprise : a European and international perspective / Mary van der Boon
  • Women entrepreneurs in Singapore / Jean Lee
  • The changing experience of Australian women entrepreneurs / Susan Dann, Rebekah Bennett
  • Women small business owners in India / P. Sudarsanan Pillai, K.P. Saraswathy Amma
  • "I'm out of here" : women leaving companies in the USA to start their own businesses / Mary C. Mattis
  • Past journeys : global lessons learned from entrepreneurial women in US history / Jeannette Oppedisano
  • Women's entrepreneurship : exploring new avenues / Kiran Mirchandani
  • The way forward for women business owners / Sandra L. Fielden, Marilyn J. Davidson.