Female Entrepreneurship
Implications for Education, Training and Policy
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2006
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-415-36317-4 (ISBN)
Description
This informative book is a comprehensive, research-based text on for educators, trainers and policy makers. It provides an insightful analysis into the range of issues facing female entrepreneurs around the world, along with recommendations as to how support agencies, educators and trainers can best respond to the challenge of encouraging more women to get involved in the new business creation.
Based on a collection of research papers from international scholars based in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA and Australia, it provides a superbly comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by female entrepreneurs worldwide. With contributors from Sara Carter, Candida Brush, John Watson and Elisabet Ljunggren, the book helps advance the general understanding of female entrepreneurship and helps set a research agenda on how best to promote female owned/led businesses nationally and internationally.
Based on a collection of research papers from international scholars based in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA and Australia, it provides a superbly comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by female entrepreneurs worldwide. With contributors from Sara Carter, Candida Brush, John Watson and Elisabet Ljunggren, the book helps advance the general understanding of female entrepreneurship and helps set a research agenda on how best to promote female owned/led businesses nationally and internationally.
Reviews / Votes
"Female Entrepreneurship advances understanding and effect change in the field of female entreprenership...[It provides] a much-needed, insightful analysis into the complex range of issues facing female entreprenership throughout the world."--SirReadaLot.org, December 2006More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen, 25 s/w Tabellen
25 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-36317-4 (9780415363174)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Nancy M. Carter | Colette Henry | Barra O. Cinneide
Female Entrepreneurship
Implications for Education, Training and Policy
Book
10/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€71.40
Shipment within 15-20 days
Nancy M. Carter | Colette Henry | Barra O. Cinneide
Female Entrepreneurship
Implications for Education, Training and Policy
E-Book
09/2006
Routledge
€64.49
Available for download
Nancy M. Carter | Colette Henry | Barra O. Cinneide
Female Entrepreneurship
Implications for Education, Training and Policy
E-Book
09/2006
Routledge
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
The Editors: Nancy M. Carter is Vice President of Catalyst Inc., and was Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the London Business School. Colette Henry is Head of the Department of Business Studies, and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland. Barra O Cinneide is Professor Emeritus, University of Limerick. Kate Johnston is Senior Researcher - also at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Dundalk Institute of Technology.
Content
Foreword Julie Kenny - Chair of the Small Business Council (SBC) 1. Introduction Part 1 - Understanding Female Entrepreneurship 2. Female Entrepreneurship - Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Perspectives 3. Gender Differences in the Goals of Owner-Operated SMEs 4. Attitudes Towards Entrepreneurship Among Female and Male Undergraduates 5. Media Expressions of Entrepreneurs - Presentation and Discourses of Male and Female Entrepreneurs in Norway 6. An Exploration of Networking Practices of Female Entrepreneurs Part 2 - Promoting Female Entrepreneurship 7. Women and New Business Creation - Breaking Down the Risk Barriers 8. Enhancing Women's Financial Strategies for Entrepreneurial Success 9. Women in Engineering and Technological Self-Employment: Initiates Towards Overcoming the Obstacles 10. Identifying Best Practice in the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship 11. Conclusions - Implications for Education, Training and Policy