Levelling the playing field - women's entrepreneurship as an egalitarian choice [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors, Jeannette Oppedisano and Sandra L. Fielden

• Pubblicazione: [Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (48 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Entrepreneurship; Businesswomen
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OppedisanoJeannette FieldenSandra L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Women 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Levelling the playing field - women's entrepreneurship as an egalitarian choice
• ISBN: 1-280-51560-0; 9786610515608; 1-84544-421-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450405903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Women in management review ; ; v. 19, no. 3, 2004.