Exporting success: a two country comparison of women entrepreneurs in international trade

Loan delinquency among small business owners in Ghana: the importance of gender to the lending process

“…Also, similar to Reavley et al (2005), we find that women entrepreneurs in Ghana tend to focus on artisan and other domestic sectors instead of agriculture and transportation lines of business. Independent of gender, we find that these sectors have higher default and delinquency rates.…”

“…Also, similar to Reavley et al (2005), our analysis included both closed and open-ended questions. We acknowledge potential limitations and made every attempt not to unduly bias the respondents' answers.…”

“…As Reavley et al (2005) note: "The study of women entrepreneurs needs to continue in order to understand not only the people, but also the processes they use and decisions they make that contribute to the success of these businesses in international markets". A new longitudinal study should track the progress of women entrepreneurs over various stages in the evolution of their business and examine how loan repayment is linked to strategic decisions.…”

Gender and Export Propensity

“…Conversely, among a sample of seven high achievement ("award winning") women exporters, none reported that being a woman created additional challenges for them either in international trade or in maintaining work/life balance (Reavley, Lituchy and McClelland, 2005). A liberal feminist interpretation of these findings is that there are few, if any, gender differences among those owners that have acquired the resources requisite to exporting.…”

Women directors and exporting activity: The moderating role of network advice

“…Therefore, the empirical literature has tended to pay much less attention to the relationship between women and exporting activity as a proxy of internationalization, which is important for firm competitiveness and growth (Andersson & Wictor, 2003;Orser et al, 2010). Additionally, much of this small but increasing literature has 9(2), 106-113, 2020 produced mixed findings suggesting either a negative or an insignificant relationship between the two (see Westhead et al, 2001;Reavley et al, 2005;Pergelova et al, 2018) making the need for further research evidence more essential.…”