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The Power of Women Business Angels: Breaking the Double Glass Ceiling That Limits Women’s Entrepreneurial Dreams

In: Women’s Voices in Management

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  • Carme Moreno Gavara
  • Ana Isabel Jiménez Zarco

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Nowadays, women still engage in attempting to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay and access to leadership positions. However, even in recent years, studies show that women are better educated than ever before, but they still continue to demand greater economic incentives, and to claim coveted CEO roles, even at international companies such as IBM or Yahoo (American Express OPEN, 2013). This situation is even worse for certain groups of women. In developed countries, women belonging to certain minorities suffer discrimination in employment, mainly because of their racial origin. In developing countries, women constitute a group that for cultural and religious reasons is subject to discrimination, inequality, and isolation. Moreover, such gaps often occur despite the fact that these women are the only source of income for the household.

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  • Carme Moreno Gavara & Ana Isabel Jiménez Zarco, 2015. "The Power of Women Business Angels: Breaking the Double Glass Ceiling That Limits Women’s Entrepreneurial Dreams," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Helena Desivilya Syna & Carmen-Eugenia Costea (ed.), Women’s Voices in Management, chapter 14, pages 236-253, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-43215-5_14
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137432155_14
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