High-growth women's entrepreneurship: programs, policies and practices

In: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive

Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction: programs, policies and practices: fostering high-growth women's entrepreneurship / Amanda Bullough, Diana M. Hechavarría, Candida G. Brush and Linda F. Edelman -- 2. Networks, start-up capital and women's entrepreneurial performance in Africa: evidence from Eswatini / Zuzana Brixiová and Thierry Kangoye -- 3. Absence of opportunities can enhance women's high-growth entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Peru / Miguel Córdova and Fátima Huamán / 4. Towards a typology of supports for enterprising women: a comparison of rural and urban Australian regions / Robyn Eversole, Naomi Birdthistle, Megerssa Walo and Vinita Godinho -- 5. Stem education and women entrepreneurs in technology enterprises: explorations from Australia / Dilek Cetindamar, Elayn James, Thorsten Lammers, Alicia Pearce and Elizabeth Sullivan -- 6. Exploring gender differences in entrepreneurship: how the regulatory environment mitigates differences in early-stage growth aspirations / Christopher J. Boudreaux and Boris Nikolaev -- 7. Gender gap in perceived financing opportunities for high-growth enterprises / Blaž Frešer, Karin Širec and Polona Tominc vi -- High-growth women's entrepreneurship -- 8. Women's awareness of financial policy and their debt financing activities: evidence from China / Juan Wu, Yaokuang Li and Shakeel Muhammad -- 9. Where do we go from here? Summary of findings / Amanda Bullough, Diana M. Hechavarría, Candida G. Brush and Linda F. Edelman -- Index.