Women Entrepreneurs and the Myth of ‘Underperformance’: A New Look at Women’s Entrepreneurship Research

Shumaila Yousafzai, Alain Fayolle, Adam Lindgreen, Colette Henry, Saadat Saeed and Shandana Sheikh
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Shumaila Yousafzai: Cardiff Business School - Cardiff University
Alain Fayolle: EM - EMLyon Business School
Adam Lindgreen: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]
Colette Henry: DkIT - Dundalk Institute of Technology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway [Tromsø, Norway]
Saadat Saeed: Durham University
Shandana Sheikh: Cardiff Business School - Cardiff University

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Abstract: Taking a fresh look at how performance is defined by examining the institutional power structures and policies, eminent scholars herein explore ways to overcome constrained performance and encourage women's entrepreneurial activities through a variety of methodological approaches and geographical contexts. Significantly, this book adds a critical perspective to defining ‘success' and ‘performance', shattering misconceptions of underperformance in women-owned enterprises. The contributing authors raise questions on the limiting concept of the ‘entrepreneur' and have valuable insights into policies to facilitate female entrepreneurs. Instead of taking a one-sided and narrow approach with regards to understanding the entrepreneurship performance phenomenon, this book argues that future researchers should take a fresh look at business performance, considering structural constraints, definitions of success and other socio-political factors. Scholars in the fields of entrepreneurship, gender studies, and institutional theory, as well as those who have a general interest in critical research, will benefit from this progressive step in entrepreneurship research.

Date: 2018-02-28
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Published in Edward Elgar, 288 p., 2018, 978-1-78643-449-4. ⟨10.4337/9781786434500⟩

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DOI: 10.4337/9781786434500

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