DOES THE BUSINESS START-UP PROCESS DIFFER BY GENDER? - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF NASCENT ENTREPRENEURS

Gry Agnete Alsos and Elisabet Ljunggren
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Gry Agnete Alsos: Bodø Graduate School of Business, Nordland Research Institute, Sweden
Elisabet Ljunggren: Bodø Graduate School of Business, Nordland Research Institute, Sweden

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 1998, vol. 06, issue 04, 347-367

Abstract: In Scandinavia, several policy programs have been directed at increasing the number of women entrepreneurs. These programs appear to build on the idea that women have particular problems in the business start-up process, leading to a lower probability among nascent women entrepreneurs of actually starting a business. This study investigates whether there are gender differences with regard to what nascent entrepreneurs do during their business start-up processes. Using longitudinal data, we also examine to what extent men and women who attempt to start a business succeed in actually doing so. The findings show some gender differences in the start-up process; however these do not lead to lower start-up probabilities for women. Hence there is no evidence that women are less effective business founders than men.

Date: 1998
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