 Business entry and window of opportunity - empirical results for women entrepreneurs with graduate degreeSilke Tegtmeier and Agnieszka Kurczewska International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2017, vol. 9, issue 1, 41-59 Abstract: This paper explores the nascence period - the time between idea generation and business entry - among women entrepreneurs with a graduate degree. To address this research problem and to better understand the specifics of a window of opportunity, we combine selected theories of human and social capital and set up three hypotheses regarding the influence of different factors on the nascence period. To test our hypotheses, we used a representative sample of 678 graduate women entrepreneurs in Germany and ran a logit of regression on the nascence period. The estimated model revealed two main factors with a positive influence, namely having an entrepreneurial role model and having attended seminars about starting a business. In our model, these factors support waiting longer before starting a business. In light of these results, we call for a more experimental approach in entrepreneurship education. Keywords: business entry; nascence period; women entrepreneurs; windows of opportunity; human capital; social capital; women graduates; entrepreneurial role models; self-employment; time span; female entrepreneurs; female graduates; Germany; business seminars; entrepreneurship education. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:9:y:2017:i:1:p:41-59 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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