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How female entrepreneurs learn and acquire (business-relevant) knowledge

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  • Kerstin Ettl
  • Friederike Welter

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There is still a gender gap in entrepreneurship, with only 30% of all business founders being women. One important question in this regard concerns how female entrepreneurs learn and acquire business-relevant knowledge. Individual learning processes are affected by individual sense making and cognitions, implying that amongst the other factors at the individual and environmental levels, gender is a factor influencing entrepreneurial learning. However, a gender perspective has been neglected in recent research on entrepreneurial learning and opportunity recognition. The paper concentrates on conceptually and empirically introducing this gender perspective. We explore the main influences on the entrepreneurial learning of female entrepreneurs and the determinants and triggers that impact female learning. Regarding the implications for entrepreneurship research, we hope to contribute to the understanding of what constitutes the specificities of female entrepreneurship in the frame of entrepreneurial learning and opportunity recognition.

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  • Kerstin Ettl & Friederike Welter, 2010. "How female entrepreneurs learn and acquire (business-relevant) knowledge," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 65-82.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:10:y:2010:i:1:p:65-82
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    1. Layla J. Branicki & Elizabeth King & Kate Norbury, 2023. "Joy and the mop: The role of film in doing and undoing gender in entrepreneurship," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(6), pages 1960-1979, November.
    2. Gupta, Vishal K. & Goktan, A. Banu & Gunay, Gonca, 2014. "Gender differences in evaluation of new business opportunity: A stereotype threat perspective," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 273-288.

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