Gender and the use of external business advice: a Swedish study

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“…An interesting study by Ozkanli and White (2009) observes that in both Turkish and Australian universities, some women have difficulty in getting into senior management positions. Results of Yazdanfar and Abbasian's (2015) study indicate that gender may be an important variable in the use of advice among small business owners in Sweden. Female owners appear to be more eager than male owners to use external business advice and do so to a higher extent.…”

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“…Ahl and Nelson () compare United States and Swedish women entrepreneurship's policies and report that economic growth rather than gender equality is the principal motivation of such policies. However, Ahl et al’s () review suggests that in Nordic countries, women's entrepreneurship policy has evolved over time, conceptualizing and discussing challenges faced by “ FemInc.ism ,” which they define as “feminist action through enterprise.” Finally, Yazdanfar and Abbasian's () survey found significantly higher uptake of advice by women than men in Sweden, with gender differentials in advice also being reported by other authors such as Scott and Irwin () and Robson, Jack, and Freel (). Terjesen, Bosma, and Stam's () review of public policy for various types of entrepreneurs suggests that women represent about a third of entrepreneurs and tend to establish undercapitalized and less growth‐oriented businesses.…”

“…A primary preoccupation of policy for women entrepreneurs has and continues to be resources, for example, finance (see, e.g., Wilson, Whittam, & Deakins, ). Policy for women in Nordic countries, primarily adopting feminist approaches (Ahl, Berglund, Pettersson, & Tillmar, ; Ahl & Nelson, ; Pettersson, Ahl, Berglund, & Tillmar, ; Yazdanfar & Abbasian, ), has been extensively reviewed. Pettersson et al () found that economic growth, which they attribute to be “non‐feminist” with women considered as resources to be exploited, is a primary objective of much entrepreneurship policy.…”

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“…Adopting a gender-focused approach to small business support is essential to ensure support services meet the needs of all entrepreneurs. On average, women entrepreneurs seek and prefer different kinds of advice to men, and seek more advice, particularly in the early stages of venture creation (Yazdanfar and Abbasian, 2015;EIGE, 2017).…”