Jacks-(and Jills)-of-all-trades: On whether, how and why gender influences firm innovativeness

Strohmeyer, Robert; Tonoyan, Vartuhí; Jennings, P. Devereaux

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2017.07.001

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“…Strohmeyer et al . () hypothesized that the difference in education and employment experience of male and female entrepreneurs made women‐owned firms less innovative. The authors, however, called for more nuanced analysis, as they noticed more similarities between the two types of firms.…”

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“…Additionally, both male and female entrepreneurs possess the necessary human capital resources to enable successful identification of innovative opportunities (DeTienne and Chandler 2007). Strohmeyer et al (2017) hypothesized that the difference in education and employment experience of male and female entrepreneurs made women-owned firms less innovative. The authors, however, called for more nuanced analysis, as they noticed more similarities between the two types of firms.…”

Section: Human Capital (Education and Work Experience)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

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Ford

et al. 2017

Int J Management Reviews

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This critical review of the literature on female entrepreneurship problematizes the metanarrative of economic growth and the mechanisms through which it both operates and is maintained. Central to this is the axiomatic ‘underperformance hypothesis’, which states that ‘all else being equal, female entrepreneurs tend to be less successful than their male counterparts in terms of conventional economic performance measures’ (Du Rietz and Henrekson (2000, p. 1). As an axiom, the truth of the ‘underperformance hypothesis’ is taken for granted, and thus it invisibly serves as a starting point, delimiter and interpretive lens for analysis in this field. While it remains invisible, the hypothesis will continue to reproduce the differences between male and female entrepreneurs, and thus the subordination of women to men in the realm of entrepreneurship. The review illustrates how, by associating females with underperformance, the persistent influence of the metanarrative of economic growth has been masked and the image of the female entrepreneur as problematic and inferior to her male counterpart has been reinforced. The authors argue that a postmodern feminist epistemology will destabilize both the metanarrative of economic growth, and the axiomatic ‘underperformance hypothesis’ it supports, thus opening up space for a heterogeneous understanding of (female) entrepreneurship. By questioning accepted knowledge about female entrepreneurs, the review sets the platform for the exploration of new research questions and a broad agenda for future research. Such an agenda is crucial in order to move future research beyond the pervasive influence of the metanarrative of economic growth and its attendant underperformance hypothesis.

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Section: Human Capital (Education and Work Experience)mentioning

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Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

Dean

Larsen

Ford

et al. 2017

Int J Management Reviews

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“…Being more risk averse, female senior executives' innovation behaviors and performances are relatively low and adverse to corporate innovations. Existing research have also verified this point of view [1][2][3]. However, in recent years, on par with rapid socio-economic development, contradictions have surfaced with regards to existing facts, new research conclusions, and previous views on women.…”

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“…Finally, as far as corporate innovation behaviors are concerned, incremental innovations are needed for continuous improvements in products, while radical innovations are required for new product development, market share acquisition, and profit improvement. Consequently, this paper focuses on the influence of CEO gender on incremental innovations and radical innovations in enterprises, and attempts to address the following two issues: (1) What are the innovation behaviors in companies where women serve as CEO, compared with scenarios in which men serve as CEO? (2) Has gender culture regulated the influence and effect of female CEOs on corporate innovation behaviors?…”

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Female CEOs and Corporate Innovation Behaviors—Research on the Regulating Effect of Gender Culture

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With the increasing number of female senior executives, the relationship between female senior executives and corporate innovation behaviors has attracted widespread attention, but few works have studied the influences of female CEOs on innovation behaviors and their mechanisms. This paper studies the relationship between CEO's gender and the selection of corporate innovation behaviors, as well as the regulating effect of gender culture on the relationship between them. It was discovered in the studies that (1) if compared with male CEOs, female CEOs have significantly promoted both incremental innovation behaviors and radical innovation behaviors; (2) gender culture has positively regulated the relationship between CEO's gender and corporate incremental innovation behaviors, yet the regulating effect of gender culture on the relationship between CEO's gender and corporate radical innovation behaviors is not significant. Thus, the government needs to further foster a gender culture with gender equality, and actively promote the positive effect of female CEOs in corporate innovations.

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Coupling men‐to‐women: Promoting innovation in emerging markets

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Motivated by calls to explore corporate outcomes of gender diversity‐related dependencies in a firm's upper echelons, we examine whether gender diversity in manager‐owner(s) teams shapes innovation. Using the context of emerging markets and a large surveydataset drawn from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), we find robust evidence suggesting that gender‐diverse manager‐owner(s) teams are associated with higher odds of undertaking innovation. Specifically, women (men) owned firms managed by a male (female) top manager are associated with a higher likelihood of undertaking innovation relative to women (men) owned firms managed by women (men). Additionally, we find that female‐owned firms run by male (female) top managers are the most (least) innovative and male‐owned firms run by female (male) top managers are the second (third) innovative. Our findings indicate that heterophilic manager‐owner(s) teams have the potential to foster innovation in emerging markets. More importantly, our results suggest that initiatives promoting manager‐owner(s) team's gender diversity have the potential to overcome the social and structural barriers that impede innovation in emerging economies.

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Jacks-(and Jills)-of-all-trades: On whether, how and why gender influences firm innovativeness

Cited by 87 publications

References 63 publications

Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

Female Entrepreneurship and the Metanarrative of Economic Growth: A Critical Review of Underlying Assumptions

Female CEOs and Corporate Innovation Behaviors—Research on the Regulating Effect of Gender Culture

Coupling men‐to‐women: Promoting innovation in emerging markets

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