Routledge Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business (Routledge Frontiers of Business Management)

There has been growing attention placed on the role of female run and managed business in the global economy due to the increasing emphasis on gender equity. Despite the importance of female entrepreneurship, there has only been recently increased research attention devoted to entrepreneurship in the context of female entrepreneurship dynamics. This edited book examines female entrepreneurship and internationalization from both a practical and policy perspective and looks at the role of female entrepreneurship in the global economy. Review 'Family businesses play an important role in society but less is known about how women entrepreneurs contribute to their success and development. This book by international recognised scholars in the field incorporates interesting and innovative perspectives on the influence of women entrepreneurs in family business. I recommend this book to researchers, family business people, government policy analysts and anyone interested in the nexus between women, entrepreneurship and family.' ― Carmem Teresa Pereira Leal, PhD, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro 'This text is a welcome addition to extant literatures on entrepreneurship, specifically augmenting contemporary scholarship on women in family businesses. The inclusion of both conceptual and empirical contributions from international authors offers readers extensive geographical and cultural scope in a field that remains considerably under-researched. The comprehensive literature review chapters should prove especially valuable to those exploring this research area for the first time. The book should serve as a useful reference text to academics, practitioners and policy makers in the field of women's entrepreneurship and family business.' ― Professor Colette Henry, FRSA, UiT The Arctic University of Norway 'This timely and much needed volume fills a critical gap in our understanding of women’s entrepreneurship in family business, emphasizing its strategic nature. The thoughtfully organized collection provides rich empirical evidence from both developed and emerging economy contexts, and from diverse countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and economies in Latin America. The volume also includes two comprehensive literature reviews and a methodological contribution on sampling in gender research that bridge the sometimes disparate bodies of literature on women entrepreneurs, family businesses, and family entrepreneurship. Academic researchers and practitioners alike will find a number of valuable insights in this book.' ― Tatiana S. Manolova, Associate Professor, Management, Bentley University 'Professors Vanessa Ratten, Leo-Paul Dana and Veland Ramadani are three outstanding scholars who have produced a tour de force on women’s entrepreneurship in family business, bringing together a vast and excellent array of global known scholars to capture all that is worth knowing. The editors are to be congratulated for this book, which is an incredibly valuable addition to the nascent collection of management and entrepreneurship books. The chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics and issues under women’s entrepreneurship in family business that are of key importance for researchers and policy makers. This book has made a significant contribution to the entrepreneurship literature and is a must-read for every serious scholar and consultant.' ― Kayhan Tajeddini, Professor of Management, Tokyo International University 'The editors have assembled an impressive set of researchers from around the world who explore female entrepreneurship via a variety of theoretical lenses and cases. Taken together, this book covers a gamut of critical perspectives for today’s world in which women play an increasingly large role in family firms. These chapters will undoubtedly contribute to increasing the legitimacy of researching women’s entrepreneurship in family firms.' ― Siri Terjesen, Cha