Women in Entrepreneurship Lit Review

Lit review and general papers

@article{ahl2006research,

 title={Why research on women entrepreneurs needs new directions},
 author={Ahl, Helene},
 journal={Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice},
 volume={30},
 number={5},
 pages={595--621},
 year={2006},
 publisher={Wiley Online Library}

} PDF: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00138.x/abstract?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage= Abstract: this article discusses what research practices cause these results. It suggests new research directions that do not reproduce women's subordination but capture more and richer aspects of women's entrepreneurship.

@article{bruni2004entrepreneur,

 title={Entrepreneur-mentality, gender and the study of women entrepreneurs},
 author={Bruni, Attila and Gherardi, Silvia and Poggio, Barbara},
 journal={Journal of Organizational Change Management},
 volume={17},
 number={3},
 pages={256--268},
 year={2004},
 publisher={Emerald Group Publishing Limited}

} PDF: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/09534810410538315 Abstract: Taking a deconstructive gaze on how an entrepreneur‐mentality discourse is gendered, reveals the gender sub‐text underpinning the practices of the scientific community that study women entrepreneurs and, in so doing, open a space to question them.

@article{brush2009gender,

 title={A gender-aware framework for women's entrepreneurship},
 author={Brush, Candida G and De Bruin, Anne and Welter, Friederike},
 journal={International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship},
 volume={1},
 number={1},
 pages={8--24},
 year={2009},
 publisher={Emerald Group Publishing Limited}

} PDF: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/17566260910942318 Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship.

@article{buttner1993female,

 title={Female entrepreneurs: how far have they come?},
 author={Buttner, E Holly},
 journal={Business Horizons},
 volume={36},
 number={2},
 pages={59--65},
 year={1993},
 publisher={Elsevier}

} PDF: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007681305800394 Abstract: summarizes what we know about women in today's entrepreneurship environment

@article{menzies2004examining,

 title={Examining venture-related myths concerning women entrepreneurs},
 author={Menzies, Teresa V and Diochon, Monica and Gasse, Yvon},
 journal={Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship},
 volume={9},
 number={2},
 pages={89},
 year={2004},
 publisher={World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd.}

} PDF: http://search.proquest.com/docview/208428310?pq-origsite=gscholar Abstract: the findings show that perhaps women do not have the right educational background to start large businesses and they may be starting businesses unattractive to venture capitalists

Studies that predict how well women will do

@article{birley1988swp,

 title={SWP 5187 FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS-ARE THEY REALLY ANY DIFFERENT?},
 author={Birley, Sue},
 year={1988}

} PDF: https://core.ac.uk/download/files/23/137726.pdf Abstract: this paper concludes that the major difference between men and women is market-entry choices made

@article{buttner1989funding,

 title={Funding new business ventures: Are decision makers biased against women entrepreneurs?},
 author={Buttner, E Holly and Rosen, Benson},
 journal={Journal of Business Venturing},
 volume={4},
 number={4},
 pages={249--261},
 year={1989},
 publisher={Elsevier}

} PDF: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0883902689900153 Abstract: his study systematically tested the allegations of female entrepreneurs that bank loan officers are more likely to grant loans, to make a counteroffer, and to make larger counteroffers to male entrepreneurs compared to female entrepreneurs under identical circumstances.

@article{cooper1994initial,

 title={Initial human and financial capital as predictors of new venture performance},
 author={Cooper, Arnold C and Gimeno-Gascon, F Javier and Woo, Carolyn Y},
 journal={Journal of business venturing},
 volume={9},
 number={5},
 pages={371--395},
 year={1994},
 publisher={Elsevier}

} PDF: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0883902694900132 Abstract: predict the performance of new ventures based on factors that can be observed at the time of start-up

@article{carter2003women,

 title={Women entrepreneurs who break through to equity financing: the influence of human, social and financial capital},
 author={Carter, Nancy and Brush, Candida and Greene, Patricia and Gatewood, Elizabeth and Hart, Myra},
 journal={Venture Capital: an international journal of entrepreneurial finance},
 volume={5},
 number={1},
 pages={1--28},
 year={2003},
 publisher={Taylor \& Francis}

} PDF: http://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/eshppw/12/ Abstract: The authors identify key factors associated with funding, growth, and success: the founder's goals, expertise, and commitment; strategic direction; team building; effective use of networks; and access to capital.

VC investment

@book{brush2004clearing,

 title={Clearing the hurdles: Women building high-growth businesses},
 author={Brush, Candida and Carter, Nancy and Gatewood, Elizabeth and Greene, Patricia and Hart, Myra},
 year={2004},
 publisher={FT Press}

} PDF: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1407284 Abstract: This exploratory study utilizes longitudinal data to track US venture capital investments by proportion, stage, industry and gender.

@article{gundry2001ambitious,

 title={The ambitious entrepreneur: High growth strategies of women-owned enterprises},
 author={Gundry, Lisa K and Welsch, Harold P},
 journal={Journal of business Venturing},
 volume={16},
 number={5},
 pages={453--470},
 year={2001},
 publisher={Elsevier}

PDF: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902699000592 Abstract: attempted to identify the strategic paths chosen by entrepreneurs and the relation of those paths to the growth orientation of the firm. The entrepreneurs sampled in this study are women entrepreneurs across a wide range of industrial sectors