The Gendered State of Business: Gender, Enterprises and State in Israeli Society

Pfefferman, Talia; Frenkel, Michal

doi:10.1111/gwao.12103

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“…The environmental conditions of the cooperative's location largely affect its economic viability [61]. Context does matter [19,[62][63][64], in particular the formal, legal and financial requirements to constitute a company can be decisive for choosing a specific type of organization [13,64,65]. Moreover, women's entrepreneurial endeavours seem to be especially sensitive to specific cultural, legal and economic frameworks [19].…”

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Female Entrepreneurship: Can Cooperatives Contribute to Overcoming the Gender Gap? A Spanish First Step to Equality

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To date, entrepreneurship research has rarely focused on cooperatives. Recent research has suggested there is a positive association between cooperatives and women's entrepreneurial activity based on the assumption that this model is especially suitable for women's expectations and is favourable to their economic entrepreneurial development. However, few studies have empirically tested these propositions. This research, which analysed data from 264 Spanish cooperatives, confirms these findings. A mixed-methods approach was used. In the first stage, a Delphi study was run with 11 cooperative entrepreneurship experts to ask what factors may be decisive for women preferring a cooperative model. In the second stage, the factors derived from the Delphi study were used in a survey targeting female cooperative associates. The findings confirmed that female cooperative owners perceived this business model to be aligned with their values and best fit their work and lifestyle. This research contributes to the existing social entrepreneurship literature by providing empirical evidence from the Spanish context that highlights the role of women in cooperatives. The findings also emphasize the need for responsive policies and programmes that promote the cooperative model since it promotes female employment and women's entrepreneurial activity even in periods of economic austerity.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2478 2 of 17 women and men in terms of their levels of participation, access, rights, remuneration, or benefits (European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE) [8][9][10]. In this vein, Dalkiran [11] recently highlighted the benefits women receive from the membership of cooperative organizations and concluded that female entrepreneurship through cooperatives can facilitate progress in meeting regional and national development targets. Dalkiran's contribution [11] should be considered a first step in a relatively young academic field-women's social entrepreneurship-which has been primarily based on case studies (see, for example, [12,13]). While his study targeted Turkish cooperatives, Dalkiran [11] argued that similar findings might be attained in other cultural settings. As shown, cooperatives can favour women's entrepreneurship as they are owned and self-managed by their workers. Furthermore, cooperatives might be welcoming organizations for women, as well as drivers of equality. If these organizations can act as a fast track for women to become entrepreneurs, they can be a springboard to female empowerment and economic development.Despite the growing popularity of cooperatives and their superior resistance to economic downturns [2,[14][15][16][17], entrepreneurial studies drawing on this business model remain scarce, and Carrasco [18] (p.62) urges future researchers "to better understand the contribution of cooperatives to enable the transformative change required for advancements on gender equality". This study addresses this research gap by examining the main factors that influence women's entrepreneurship by using coope...

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Female Entrepreneurship: Can Cooperatives Contribute to Overcoming the Gender Gap? A Spanish First Step to Equality

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“…Marlow and Patton () established that the gender bias of FIs has entrenched the inferior status of most female entrepreneurs. Pfefferman and Frenkel () suggest that this is why less venture capital has been raised by women.…”

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“…Traditional masculine practices tend to keep women socially and economically dependent on men (Sinha, ). This is why management positions in organisations have become (and remain) masculinised, and this has encouraged women's marginalisation (Acker, cited in Pfefferman & Frenkel, ). This gender segregation of roles has reduced the capacity of women to be economically self‐sufficient and made it difficult for them to be entrepreneurs.…”

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Financing female entrepreneurs in cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises: Evidence from the financial sector in Bangladesh 2010–2018

Shoma

2019

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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This article examines the challenges and obstacles faced by female entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector in Bangladesh and shows that a combination of legislatory and regulatory reform can mitigate many of the issues that prevent women gaining from, and contributing to, this vital economic sector. Access to finance is found to be the greatest challenge faced by women in starting and operating CMSMEs in Bangladesh. This article explores the significant gender gap in access to formal credit, a gap that impacts negatively on the sector's growth and development. The article uses liberal feminist theory as a framework for analysis of the reforms. Analysis of data collected from banks and financial institutions on CMSME loans (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018) shows that female entrepreneurs are treated significantly differently from men by financial institutions in Bangladesh. K E Y W O R D Sbank and financial institutions, cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprise, female entrepreneurs, gender gap, liberal feminism

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“…Higher repayment risks were associated with service-driven sectors such as retail, food, and beverage, etc. (Pailhé, 2018).…”

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“…71% of women were unhappy with their interactions with bankers and complained of gender bias and indifference by bankers, impeding the loan processes. High turnaround time was noted as a major challenge in accessing a loan, with nearly 62% of the respondents expressing dissatisfaction over it (Pailhé, 2018).…”

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Gender-Based Entrepreneurial Access to Bank Credit: Myth or Reality

Aladejebi¹,

Abiodun²

2021

theijbm

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Gender-Based Entrepreneurial Access to BankCredit: Myth or Reality IntroductionGender investigative research in entrepreneurship has gained increased interest as it helps educators and policymakers to improve the participation of females in the entrepreneurial process (Malmstrom, Johansson & Wincent, 2017). In a market economy, the availability of and accessibility to finance is a major factor in the creative development and survival of any firm (Andrés, Gimeno, & Cabo, 2019). The term entrepreneurship is directly linked to those people who generate or seize opportunities and, from this, develop an organized economic activity, creating value for themselves and society (Carreira et al., 2015). Literature generally indicates entrepreneurship is a male-denominated field (Muntean & Ozkazanc-Pan, 2015).Entrepreneurship is an important pathway for boosting women's economic participation. It offers opportunities for self-employment but can also help meet another global challenge requiring concerted solutions: job creation in the wider economy (World Bank, 2018). Women's entrepreneurship activity rates are greater than men's in only a small number of countries around the world, including Madagascar,

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The Gendered State of Business: Gender, Enterprises and State in Israeli Society

Cited by 9 publications

References 58 publications

Female Entrepreneurship: Can Cooperatives Contribute to Overcoming the Gender Gap? A Spanish First Step to Equality

Female Entrepreneurship: Can Cooperatives Contribute to Overcoming the Gender Gap? A Spanish First Step to Equality

Financing female entrepreneurs in cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises: Evidence from the financial sector in Bangladesh 2010–2018

Gender-Based Entrepreneurial Access to Bank Credit: Myth or Reality

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