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Exporting success: a two country comparison of women entrepreneurs in international trade

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  • Martha A. Reavley
  • Terri Lituchy
  • Emma McClelland

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Throughout the world, large numbers of women are starting and operating their own businesses successfully. In fact, women are forming new businesses at a much greater rate than are men (Economist, 1996; Chandler and Murphy, 1994; Capowski, 1992) and many of these entrepreneurs are involved in international business (Knight, 2000). The purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not female entrepreneurs in international trade are the same as male entrepreneurs. Successful women entrepreneurs in Canada and Ireland participated in this study. These successful women, all of whom were involved in exporting have many of the personality traits and behaviours found in the entrepreneurship literature. Furthermore, they had a greater focus on strategic niche and growth then many other small business owners. This may be because they are already involved in international trade and they are successful. Other opportunities and challenges faced by these women are discussed.

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  • Martha A. Reavley & Terri Lituchy & Emma McClelland, 2005. "Exporting success: a two country comparison of women entrepreneurs in international trade," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 57-78.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:2:y:2005:i:1:p:57-78
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    1. Barbara Orser & Martine Spence & Allan Riding & Christine A. Carrington, 2010. "Gender and Export Propensity," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 34(5), pages 933-958, September.
    2. Alfonso Expósito & Amparo Sanchis-Llopis & Juan A. Sanchis-Llopis, 2021. "The effect of the manager gender on SMEs export and import decisions: Evidence for Spain," Working Papers 2115, Department of Applied Economics II, Universidad de Valencia.

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