Female Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies: The Case of Poland

Wasilczuk, Julita; Zięba, Krzysztof

doi:10.1080/08276331.2008.10593419

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“…Stemming from this approach, women would display a different strategic approach when choosing the industry in which to operate (Neergaad et al , 2006). Hence, the search for harmony between work and family life is often behind women’s motivation for setting up a firm (Heilman and Chen, 2003; Verheul et al , 2004; Wasilczuk and Zieba, 2008). This choice can lead them to operate in certain sectors that require lower intense dedication than high-technology sectors (Ruiz et al , 2012), in which the work hours required conflict with workers’ family responsibilities (Mayer, 2008).…”

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Gender differences in growth of Spanish university spin-offs

Rodríguez-Gulías

López

Pazos

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the hypothesis that the female-owned university spin-off organizations (USOs) have a similar resource endowment and, as a consequence, growth rates similar to the male-owned USOs. Design/methodology/approach A unique and original longitudinal data set, which is an unbalanced panel, consisting of 120 Spanish USOs over the period 2001-2010 has been constructed. The methodology includes the analysis of mean differences (t-test) and dynamic panel data models. Findings The results confirmed that there are no gender differences in either the firms’ initial resource endowment or in the preference for industries. There is no gender effect on the USOs’ growth, but the initial endowment resources matter. Thus the financial, human and technological resources have a positive effect on the USOs’ growth. This evidence suggests that the USOs’ context may mitigate the initial resource endowment of the female-owned firms and their preferences for traditional industries, showing similar rates of growth than male-owned USOs. Research limitations/implications Owners’ gender has been used as a proxy for founders’ gender. Also, only USOs included in the SABI database have been considered as part of the sample; the significant number of USOs that did not reveal information about their owners have been discarded. Practical implications It is important to continue supporting academic entrepreneurship, as in the university context, firm growth is not affected by gender differences. However, given that the percentage of female owners in university entrepreneurship is still lower compared to entrepreneurship in general, the universities’ entrepreneur programmes targeting women must adopt a gendered perspective. Originality/value Literature on USOs has traditionally analyzed the firm-specific characteristics that impact their growth without considering the influence of the owners’ gender. In this paper, an attempt to fill this gap has been made using a sample of 120 Spanish USOs and by applying the dynamic panel data methodology. In particular, it has been argued that the university context from which USOs emerge allows female-owned USOs to have a similar resource endowment and, as a consequence, a similar growth when compared to male-owned USOs.

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Gender differences in growth of Spanish university spin-offs

Rodríguez-Gulías

López

Pazos

2018

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“…Entre las fuerzas impulsoras de la economía de las naciones se encuentra la iniciativa empresarial, la misma que, en algunos países es tomada por el sexo femenino, lo cual les permite resolver problemas como crear su propia fuente de ingresos y le da libertad para administrar su tiempo, el cual lo dividen entre la carrera y el hogar (Wasilczuk & Zieba, 2008).…”

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La Equidad De Género En Los Agronegocios: Sector Comercio De Insumos Agropecuarios Y Servicios Veterinarios Del Cantón Machala

Prado-Carpio

Castro-Armijos

Castillo-Herrera

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One of the most important global challenges is the eradication of gender inequality, an indicator that is constantly evaluated, and for which the countries of the world have developed public policies aimed at increasing the levels of equity in the population. The present investigation was carried out in the city of Machala, and for which it was proposed as an objective to establish the participation of women and men in agribusiness in the trade sector of agricultural inputs and veterinary services and their characteristics and as hypotheses that in the agribusiness in the sector of agricultural inputs and veterinary services, there is a great gender inequity, which is sought to scale; for its realization was taken the information of the national cadastre of agribusiness registered in Agrocalidad in the sector of agricultural inputs and veterinary services, which are a total of 75, of these, 35 were surveyed to determine the degree of equity and participation of the woman; the variables analyzed were the university academic degree of the local owners, the age and the reason to undertake. The data were analyzed using the chi-square test and using the statistical program SPSS 20. The results obtained demonstrate the low participation of women in this economic sector of the city of Machala. ResumenUno de los retos mundiales más importantes es la erradicación de la desigualdad de género, indicador que es evaluado constantemente, y para el

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“…Several scholars (De Bruin et al, 2006, 2007Wasilczuk and Zieba, 2008;Leszczyński, 2016;Henry et al, 2016;Bernat et al, 2017) nevertheless argue that the previous research is still stuck in sex and gender issues, lacking comparative studies among women themselves and studies from countries and continents that have not yet received much attention. Moreover, Gundry et al (2002) and Dvouletý and Orel (2020a) call for more studies investigating traditional determinants of female selfemployment.…”

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This research aimed to expand the current state-of-the-art on female entrepreneurs' characteristics from the perspective of a small European open economy -the Czech Republic. The study explores the individual determinants of female entrepreneurship engagement, and focuses mainly on the role of caring responsibilities. Design/methodology/approach: The study relies on a secondary research sample of 7,204 employed or self-employed women participating in the 2017 edition of the European Union Labour Force Survey. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine differences between female employees, solo selfemployed women and females who create jobs. Findings: The main conclusion is that there were no statistically significant differences between familyrelated variables (having a partner, number of children, marital status) and entrepreneurial engagement of Czech women. Other results showed that both types of female entrepreneurs work on average longer hours and have more years of experience. Practical implications: Our study contributes to the ongoing discussion on managing business and having a partner and family by noting that women in today's society have learned how to balance their business-related and family-related duties. Originality/value: The article extends the previous evidence on female entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic by delivering statistically robust empirical findings based on a large and representative dataset.

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Female Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies: The Case of Poland

Abstract: As an EU member, Poland has followed a complicated path from a former communist country to a democracy with a market economy.

Cited by 18 publications

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Gender differences in growth of Spanish university spin-offs

Gender differences in growth of Spanish university spin-offs

La Equidad De Género En Los Agronegocios: Sector Comercio De Insumos Agropecuarios Y Servicios Veterinarios Del Cantón Machala

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