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Women Represent The Fastest Growing Group Of Entrepreneurs Today. Despite The Enormous Economic Contributions Of This Group, Female Entrepreneurship Remains Under-explored And Inadequately Covered In Academic Literature. Female Entrepreneurship And New Venture Creation Aims To Address This Gap By Shedding Light On The Unique Aspects Of Female Entrepreneurship. Tracing Women's Journey Along The Venture Creation Process, Kariv's Book: Highlights The Creatively Different Ways In Which Women Approach The Entrepreneurial Enterprise; Takes Into Account Different Environmental And Cultural Constraints That Impact Female Entrepreneurship; Provides A Theoretical Framework For The Venture Creation Process That Is Practical And Broadly Applicable; Includes In-depth Case Studies Drawn From Contributors Around The World. This Book Captures The Diversity Of Female Entrepreneurship And Provides A Valuable Synthesis Of The Insights That Emerge From The Stories Of Women Entrepreneurs Around The World. It Will Be A Valuable Resource For Students Of Entrepreneurship, As Well As Professionals. Machine Generated Contents Note: The Entrepreneurial Revolution And The Contributions Of Female Entrepreneurship -- The Area Of Female Entrepreneurship -- Female Entrepreneurship And Diversity -- The Global Sphere In The Female Entrepreneurial Realm -- The Book's Rationale -- The Theoretical Framework Of This Book -- The Organization Of The Book -- The Book's Model -- What Does The Book Not Entail? -- The Book's Contribution -- Case Study -- Marie-louise Roy: True Freedom Through Entrepreneurship / Louis Jacques Filion -- Pt. 1 Female Entrepreneurship: What Makes This Area Unique? -- 1.female Entrepreneurship: Constraints And Opportunities -- A General Overview -- An International View -- Directions In Female Entrepreneurship -- Macro And Micro Perspectives On Female Venture Creation -- Summary -- Case Study -- Female Entrepreneurship In France: Fighting Against Socio-cultural Heritage / Annabelle Jaouen -- At A Glance --^ Comparing Paradoxes: The Cases Of Norway And Thailand / Lene Foss -- 2.motivations For Becoming Entrepreneurs: A Woman's Perspective -- Motivation To Start A Business: A Female Outlook -- Opportunity And Necessity Motivations -- The Female Entrepreneurial Mindset -- Work -- Family Topics 84 Summary -- Case Studies -- Marketing Women: A Sector Experience / Dan Wheatley -- Necessity Entrepreneurs In France: Women And Business Support Services / Alain Fayolle -- 3.female Venture Creation Process In Emerging Markets: Bric And Mena -- The Emerging Bric Markets -- The Emerging Bric Markets And The Female Perspective -- The Mena Countries -- Women's Entrepreneurial Perspective -- Summary -- Case Studies -- China: The Rise Of Select Female Entrepreneurs In The Economic Reformation / Shirley Ze Yu -- Russia: Marina Kretova And Deonis: Entrepreneurial Growth In The Russian Context / Lisa K. Gundry -- India: The Profits Of Non-profits: Women Entrepreneurs Hip Of Ngos / Femida Handy --^ Brazil: Balancing Work, Family And Social Entrepreneurship: A Woman Entrepreneur In Action / Candido Borges -- Pt. 2 The Venture Creation Process -- 4.the Pre-venture Stages -- A General Look Into The Pre-launching Stages -- The Woman's View -- Communicating The Idea -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Supply Chain Management In Sri Lanka / Martha E. Reeves -- Inuit Women Entrepreneurs Recognizing Opportunities / Robert B. Anderson -- At A Glance -- Madame Vongpackdy Sithonh / Leo-paul Dana -- 5.personal Core Competencies In Starting A New Venture -- Core Competencies And The Quest For Capability -- The Competitive Advantage Brought By Women Entrepreneurs To The Table -- Networking And Social Capital -- The Flip Side Of Social Capital In The Female Realm -- The Function/malfunction Of Support Systems In The Woman Entrepreneur's Realm -- Mapping The Fuzzy Zone Of Ethics In Female Entrepreneurship -- Summary -- Case Study --^ Cristina Marques And The Instituto Evoluir: Start-up And Innovation In The Third Sector / Edmilson Lima -- At A Glance -- Women's Empowerment And Poverty Reduction Through Mobile Phone Micro-enterprise: A Follow-up Study Of The Village Pay Phone Program Of The Grameen Bank In Bangladesh / Mohammad Sahid Ullah -- Pt. 3 Women's Ride Across The River: From Creativity, Innovation And Vision To Implementation -- 6.celebrating Creativity In The Female Entrepreneurial Realm -- Creativity Among Women Entrepreneurs -- Creativity And Gender -- Managing Creativity In Women-led Businesses -- The Idea -- Taking Practical Action -- Summary -- Case Study -- Bushra Ahmed: The Legendary Joe Bloggs / Spinder Dhaliwal -- At A Glance -- Alice Goh: A Female Entrepreneur In Singapore / Rosalind Chew -- 7.innovation In The Context Of Female Entrepreneurship -- The Role Of Innovation In The Female Venture Creation Process -- The Resource-based View On The Quest For Innovation -- Innovation/adaptation --^ Inventions And Breakthroughs Among Women Entrepreneurs -- Risk-taking: The Enigma Of Innovation -- A Female View -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Sweden: Women's Entrepreneurship In A Scandinavian Welfare State / Carin Holmquist -- 8.the Vision: The Foundation Of Entrepreneurship -- Vision In The Venture Creation Process -- Vision And Gender -- The Feminine Vision And Women Visionaries -- Vision And Mental Models -- Communicating The Vision -- Vision As The Driving Force -- Summary -- Case Study -- Chantale Robinson And Kilookas: Barking Up The Right Tree! / Louis Jacques Filion -- Pt. 4 The First Steps In Venture Creation -- 9.in The Midst Of Difficulty Lies Opportunity: A Woman's View -- The Process Of Opportunity Exploitation -- Is There A Gendered Style In Opportunity Exploitation? -- Opportunities And The Business Life Cycle -- Networking And Social Capital -- Learning And Innovating In Shaping New Opportunities -- Hurdles Typical To Venture Creation Of Women-led Businesses --^ Planning Through A Female Perspective -- Breaking Down The Risk Barriers -- Woman-related Strategies -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Coronilla Of Bolivia: Leading Change In The Family Business / Anouk Lavoie Orlick -- Ines In Germany: From Cleaning Lady Toward Holding A World Patent / Friederike Welter -- 10.financing The New Venture: The Untapped Perspective In Female Entrepreneurship -- What Does The Financial Process Entail? -- Seeking Capital: Is There A Woman's Way? -- Women And Capital Acquisition -- The Reasons That Women And Men Use Different Strategies To Raise Initial Capital -- Networks Genius: The Role Of Networking In Capital Acquisition -- Women And The Investors' Community -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Smith Whiley & Company / Alicia Robb -- Women Investment Portfolio Holding (wiphold) Of South Africa: Empowerment Through Private Equity / Benot Leleux -- At A Glance -- Bliss Soy Cheese / Erin Rogalski -- 11.entrepreneurial Paths Of Women Entrepreneurs --^ New Career Patterns And Female Entrepreneurship -- Home-based Entrepreneurship -- Virtual Entrepreneurship -- Multiplicity In Entrepreneurial Avenues -- The Preferred Entrepreneurial Avenue -- Social Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurial Career Changes -- Generations And Female Entrepreneurship -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Corinne: A Social Entrepreneur From Reunion Island / Patrick Valeau -- Women Entrepreneurs In Russia / Ann-mari Satre -- Pt. 5 The Future Of Female Entrepreneurship -- 12.leadership In Female Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurs Are Leaders -- Leadership Styles And Gender In A Nutshell -- Women Entrepreneurs And Leaders -- Vision -- The Linking Chain -- Leaders And Investors In Their Fields -- The Key Roles Of The Leader-founder -- Emotional Skills And Leadership -- The Female Entrepreneurship Context -- The Diva Phenomenon -- Summary -- Case Studies -- Personal History, Passion And The Entrepreneurial Project: Maria Montessori And Her Schools / Francine Richer --^ Born Green And Global: The Case Of Madara Cosmetics / Friederike Welter -- 13.breaking Through The Barriers -- Understanding The Meaning Of Business Growth -- Promoting Female Entrepreneurship -- Growth Strategies -- The Dilemma Of Growth In The Female Realm -- Grow Or Die? The Constraining Factors In Women's Business Growth Processes -- Factors Contributing To Achieving Growth -- Toward Overcoming Female-related Hurdles -- Women In The High-tech Sector -- Going Global -- Summary -- Case Studies -- An Israeli High-tech Woman Entrepreneur: I Would Have Done The Same Things Again / Ayala Malach-pines -- Growth Strategies Of Women Entrepreneurs In Technology-based Firms / Barbara J. Orser -- Concluding Remarks: The Fortitude Of Women Entrepreneurs -- Proactivity -- Empowerment. Dafna Kariv. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [530]-565) And Index.