New Venture Financing and Subsequent Business Growth in Men– and Women–Led Businesses

Gry Agnete Alsos, Espen John Isaksen and Elisabet Ljunggren

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2006, vol. 30, issue 5, 667-686

Abstract: This study investigates the possible funding gap for women–owned compared with men–owned new businesses. With longitudinal data from new businesses in Norway, gender differences in funding perceptions and behaviors, as well as in actually obtained amounts of funding, are explored. While there are few detected gender differences with respect to funding perceptions and behavior, women obtain significantly less financial capital to develop their new businesses. Moreover, the results indicate that the lower levels of financial capital that women business founders achieve are associated with lower early business growth compared with their male counterparts.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00141.x

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