Even though the entrepreneurship literature is overloaded with studies emphasising
innovation-driven entrepreneurship, gender issues in these types of entrepreneurial …

This book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on
women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) …

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study estimates that companies owned by
women represent between 2 per cent (in Suriname and Japan) and 41 per cent (in Nigeria …

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are notably important for
innovation and technological development, which in turn are seen as drivers of social and …

Although there have been increases in recent years, women still lag behind men in terms of
entrepreneurial activity (de Bruin et al., 2006; Jennings and Brush, 2013; Kelley et al., 2011) …

Since the 1950s, women have attained increasing visibility within formal waged work such
that they now constitute just under half of employees within developed economies overall …

The number of women entrepreneurs has increased significantly over the past years.
However, literature suggests that women from science, technology, engineering, and …

While it is generally understood that a gender gap exists in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) fields, less research has been done on women …

Women are underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship, and this disparity becomes
more apparent in sectors which are conventionally male-dominated, like the technology …

Although in European countries women obtain higher education more often than men, they
still comprise about 30% of entrepreneurs. To understand the gender gap in …