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Female Entrepreneurship Theory: A Multidisciplinary Review of Resources

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  • Emile Loza

    (Center for Law, Economics, and Finance at The George Washington University Law School in Washington)

Abstract

The author, a legal scholar, reviews academic literature regarding and otherwise relevant to the study of female entrepreneurship from across multiple disciplines. She reports that the legal academy has only minimally engaged in entrepreneurship scholarship and not at all as to female entrepreneurship. Author reviews the origins of female entrepreneurship literature and the compilations describing the emergence of female entrepreneurship as a business and social phenomenon, the women who undertook and led these endeavors, and changes in the characteristics of women entrepreneurs over time. She also presents materials in topical sections on business structure, strategy, and performance; culture, sex, and gender; diversity; economic and social development; essentialization and masculine norms; finance; identity issues; innovation and technology; motivation; personal and professional domains; psychology; social capital; and standpoint theory. Author points out the needs for a unified definitional taxonomy for entrepreneurship; for greater study of innovation-driven female entrepreneurship; for the legal academy to enter the field of entrepreneurship study, including as to female entrepreneurship; and for entrepreneurship scholars to approach their work with interdisciplinarity.

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  • Emile Loza, 2011. "Female Entrepreneurship Theory: A Multidisciplinary Review of Resources," Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, Institute of Economic Sciences, issue 1-2, pages 26-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibg:jwejou:y:2011:i:1-2:p:26-64
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    1. Fernando Lourenço & Natalie Sappleton & Ranis Cheng, 2015. "Gender and Business Ethics of Enterprise Students and Nascent Entrepreneurs Engaged in Entrepreneurship Education," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 24(2), pages 186-203, September.
    2. Elda N. Okolo-Obasi & Joseph I. Uduji, 2023. "Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and Women’s Performance in Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 23/014, African Governance and Development Institute..
    3. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Building Social Capital through Rural Women’s Groups: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Oil Host Communities," Working Papers of The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA). 22/012, The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA).
    4. Irene Fafaliou & Ioannis Salamouris, 2014. "Analyze Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Greece," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(1), pages 21-38.
    5. Hikkerova, Lubica & Ilouga, Samuel Nyock & Sahut, Jean-Michel, 2016. "The entrepreneurship process and the model of volition," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 69(5), pages 1868-1873.
    6. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Building Social Capital through Rural Women’s Groups: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Oil Host Communities," Working Papers 22/054, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
    7. Elda N. Okolo-Obasi & Joseph I. Uduji, 2023. "Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and Women’s Performance in Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria," Working Papers 23/014, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
    8. Mansura Akter & Mahfuzur Rahman & Dragana Radicic, 2019. "Women Entrepreneurship in International Trade: Bridging the Gap by Bringing Feminist Theories into Entrepreneurship and Internationalization Theories," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-28, November.
    9. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2022. "Building Social Capital through Rural Women’s Groups: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Oil Host Communities," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 22/054, African Governance and Development Institute..
    10. Irene Kamberidou, 2020. "“Distinguished” women entrepreneurs in the digital economy and the multitasking whirlpool," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 1-26, December.
    11. Elda N. Okolo-Obasi & Joseph I. Uduji, 2023. "Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and Women’s Performance in Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria," Working Papers of The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA). 23/005, The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA).

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    Keywords

    entrepreneurship; law; innovation; female; gender; international development;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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