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Gender and entrepreneurship revisited from a community perspective: experiences in a new immigrant gateway and beyond

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  • Qingfang Wang
  • Elizabeth Morrell

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Women-owned enterprises have boomed significantly during the past several decades. The purpose of this study is to theorize and empirically delineate the connections between female entrepreneurship and community development through the lens of entrepreneurship. Our results indicate that, from the initial creation of these businesses, to their daily operations and resource mobilization through social networks, women entrepreneurs are closely connected to local communities through their business activities. At the same time, as engagement and payback to local communities are fundamental to their professional goals and operation strategies, female entrepreneurship activities have significantly contributed to local communities in a wide range of ways. The dialectical connections between women business owners and their communities have significant potential to be incorporated into community development policies and practices.

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  • Qingfang Wang & Elizabeth Morrell, 2015. "Gender and entrepreneurship revisited from a community perspective: experiences in a new immigrant gateway and beyond," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 47(12), pages 2645-2662, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:47:y:2015:i:12:p:2645-2662
    DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15615366
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    1. Mia Gray & Al James, 2007. "Connecting Gender and Economic Competitiveness: Lessons from Cambridge's High-Tech Regional Economy," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 39(2), pages 417-436, February.
    2. Verheul, I. & Uhlaner, L.M. & Thurik, A.R., 2002. "Entrepreneurial Activity, Self-Perception and Gender," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2002-03-STR, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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