LEADER 02823nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910450405903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-51560-0 010 $a9786610515608 010 $a1-84544-421-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004636 035 $a(EBL)289841 035 $a(OCoLC)61463388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000331617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929108 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000331617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10330640 035 $a(PQKB)11036922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC289841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL289841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058589 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL51560 035 $a(OCoLC)70723902 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004636 100 $a20041014d2004 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLevelling the playing field - women's entrepreneurship as an egalitarian choice$b[electronic resource] /$fguest editors, Jeannette Oppedisano and Sandra L. Fielden 210 $a[Bradford, England] $cEmerald Group Pub.$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (48 p.) 225 1 $aWomen in management review ;$vv. 19, no. 3, 2004 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-86176-951-1 327 $aContents; Abstracts & keywords; Guest editorial; Entrepreneurship and social inclusion; Entrepreneurship: not an easy path to top management for women; Women entrepreneurs: out from under the glass ceiling; Women home-based business owners: insights from comparative analyses; Giving back: women's entrepreneurial philanthropy; Bookshelf; 330 $aWomen in the UK frequently do not consider business ownership as an alternative to other forms of employment or as a means to gain economic benefits. The number of women currently entering in to businesses in the North of England is decreasing and is less than half of that in the South. This paper examines the preliminary findings from a longitudinal study exploring the socially created barriers to business start-up that inhibit the growth of women entrepreneurs and how they may be removed. The study employed an action research approach to investigate the experiences of UK women entering into 410 0$aWomen in management review ;$vv. 19, no. 3, 2004. 606 $aEntrepreneurship 606 $aBusinesswomen 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship. 615 0$aBusinesswomen. 701 $aOppedisano$b Jeannette$0998684 701 $aFielden$b Sandra L$0906991 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450405903321 996 $aLevelling the playing field - women's entrepreneurship as an egalitarian choice$92290965 997 $aUNINA