04095oam 2200661I 450 991045121420332120200520144314.01-134-70095-41-280-33694-30-203-26960-80-203-02494-X10.4324/9780203024942 (CKB)1000000000254692(EBL)168854(OCoLC)277861048(SSID)ssj0000279496(PQKBManifestationID)11217710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279496(PQKBWorkID)10268145(PQKB)10362165(MiAaPQ)EBC168854(Au-PeEL)EBL168854(CaPaEBR)ebr10055913(CaONFJC)MIL33694(OCoLC)1000430017(EXLCZ)99100000000025469220180331d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe financing of small business a comparative study of male and female business owners /Lauren ReadLondon ;New York :Routledge,1998.1 online resource (246 p.)Routledge Studies in Small BusinessDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-16956-9 Includes bibliographical references (p.202-224) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; The growth and characteristics of female entrepreneurship; Explaining the growth of female entrepreneurship; The problems faced by female entrepreneurs; Summary, research rationale and overview; The financing of women-owned businesses: an empirical overview and theoretical framework; The financing of women-owned businesses: a theoretical framework; Explaining the problems faced in the financing of women-owned businesses: a contextual approach; Conclusion and research agendaResearch into the financing of women-owned businesses: methodological considerations The financing of women-owned businesses in the UK: research method; Data collection: practical and conceptual difficulties; Sample overview; Summary and conclusion; Raising finance: the use of and attitudes towards sources of small business finance; The characteristics of small business finance; Explaining the reliance on internal sources of finance; Raising bank finance: an in-depth analysis; Conclusion; The characteristics of the banking relationship; The small business-banking relationship: an overviewThe use of banks The banking relationship; Conclusion; The role of networking in the financing of male and female-owned businesses; Networking behaviour and the size of small business networks; Network profiles; Conclusion; Conclusions, implications and an agenda for future research; Research implications; Limitations and an agenda for future research; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA detailed empirical study of how small business owners finance their enterprises, this volume compares the experiences of women with those of men. The author redresses an over-reliance on subjective and anecdotal evidence of discrimination in this area with a controlled study of forty matched pairs of male/female owners and their strategies for raising finances. The research reveals the importance of adopting a theoretical framework in which the role of gender in the financing of small businesses is considered, and the practical implications for female entrepreneurs, banks and policy-makers.Routledge Studies in Small BusinessSmall businessFinanceBusiness enterprisesFinanceElectronic books.Small businessFinance.Business enterprisesFinance.658.15/92Read Lauren1971,947980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451214203321The financing of small business2142720UNINA