“…Extant research has provided evidence that the contextual structures in which entrepreneurial activity is carried out are often inherently gender-biased. Gender bias has been documented in innovation systems (Lindberg et al, 2014), entrepreneurship and innovation policy (Petterson, 2007), as well as in the supporting infrastructure for entrepreneurship, such as incubators (Marlow and McAdam, 2012) and technology transfer offices (Kochenkova et al, 2015). The gender bias is possibly leading to under-exploitation of resources associated with women as sources of entrepreneurial opportunities.…”