Women’s Entrepreneurship: Closing the Gender Gap in Access to Financial and Other Services and in Social Entrepreneurship
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15-06-2015
This study explores differences between men and women entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs. It explores the barriers and discriminatory effects that hinder women’s entrepreneurship, including access to finance in the European Union. The study includes four case studies covering the situation in the Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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Katie McCracken, Sergio Marquez, Dr. Caleb Kwong, Professor Ute Stephan, Aston Business School, Adriana Castagnoli and Marie Dlouhá
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business organisation
- case study
- corporate finance
- Czechia
- documentation
- economic geography
- economic structure
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- entrepreneur
- entrepreneurship
- Europe
- FINANCE
- financing and investment
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- Italy
- LAW
- political geography
- position of women
- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- social affairs
- social economy
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- Sweden
- United Kingdom