Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation: An International Overview

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 Female Entrepreneurship in France: Fighting against Socio-cultural Heritage / Annabelle Jaouen At a Glance Contents note continued: 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 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 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 Contents note continued: India: The Profits of Non-profits: Women Entrepreneurship 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 Supply Chain Management in Sri Lanka / Martha E. Reeves Inuit Women Entrepreneurs Recognizing Opportunities / Robert B. Anderson 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 Contents note continued: Mapping the Fuzzy Zone of Ethics in Female Entrepreneurship Cristina Marques and the Instituto Evoluir: Start-up and Innovation in the Third Sector / Edmilson Lima 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 Bushra Ahmed: The Legendary Joe Bloggs / Spinder Dhaliwal Alice Goh: A Female Entrepreneur in Singapore / Rosalind Chew 7.Innovation in the Context of Female Entrepreneurship Contents note continued: 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 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 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? Contents note continued: Opportunities and the Business Life Cycle 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 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 Smith Whiley & Company / Alicia Robb Contents note continued: Women Investment Portfolio Holding (Wiphold) of South Africa: Empowerment through Private Equity / Benoit Leleux 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 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 Contents note continued: The Key Roles of the Leader-founder Emotional Skills and Leadership -The Female Entrepreneurship Context The Diva Phenomenon 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 An Israeli High-tech Woman Entrepreneur: "I Would Have Done the Same Things Again" / Ayala Malach-Pines Contents note continued: Growth Strategies of Women Entrepreneurs in Technology-based Firms / Barbara J. Orser Concluding Remarks: The Fortitude of Women Entrepreneurs Proactivity Empowerment.