Women entrepreneurship and social capital : a dialogue and construction / Iiris Aaltio, Paula Kyr and Elisabeth Sundin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aaltio-Marjosola, Iiris.

Kyr, Paula, 1953-

Sundin, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in culture and society.

Entrepreneurship.

Businesswomen.

Women-owned business enterprises.

Social capital (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Copenhagen] : Copenhagen Business School Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human resources are the social capital of a firm or business, based on trust as well as on expertise, values, and cultural diversity. This calls for cross-cultural knowledge - an understanding of gender issues and individual differences in the social capital of the firm and society. The dialogue between women entrepreneurship and social capital theory/ research strengthens the fragmented voice of women entrepreneurship, providing the landscape for women entrepreneurs as creators of, and created by, social capital. It indicates how women entrepreneurs appear to have a special position in forming, developing, and reorganizing the social capital in the business world. This book explores social capital in the multiple relationships between gender, management, and entrepreneurship. Twenty-six researchers, representing a variety of disciplines from different parts of the world, provide findings on diverse aspects of the dialogue between women entrepreneurship and social capital. As a consequence, the central concepts - social capital, entrepreneurship, and gender - are given a variety of meanings. Women entrepreneurs and business owners - regardless of their cultural context, branch, and education - provide interesting ideas to the global debate on equality and social capital.

Contents:

""Women Entrepreneurship and Social Capital""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I Specifics of Women's Entrepreneurship Theory""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction Women Entrepreneurs - Creators and Creations of Social Capital""; ""Gendered Entrepreneurs""; ""Social Capital""; ""Structure of the Book""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Entrepreneurship in Organization - Gender and Social Capital""; ""Introduction""; ""Organizational Entrepreneurship and Social Capital""; ""Gender Approach""; ""Gendered Processes of Organizational Entrepreneurship""; ""Organizational Intrapreneurs""

""How Organizational Entrepreneurship Gathers Prosperity""""Commitment as a Key: Cultures and Identities of Organizations""; ""Stability of Organizational Structure giving Support to Social Capital Accumulation""; ""Discussion and Practical Implications""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Gender in Entrepreneurship Research: A Critical Look at the Literature ""; ""Introduction""; ""The Literature""; ""Management Style""; ""Performance""; ""Training Needs""; ""Networking""; ""Balancing Work and Family""; ""Financing""; ""The Limitations of the Studies""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 4 From Marginality to Centre Women's Entrepreneurship Policy Challenges Government's Gender Neutrality in Finland""""Women Entrepreneurship and Equality Problems in Finnish Society""; ""Facts and Specifics of Equality and Women Entrepreneurship""; ""Sectored Differences, Small Firms and Lower Security for Self-Employed Women""; ""Horizontal Segregation""; ""Vertical Segregation""; ""Gender Lenses as Methodological Approach from Marginality to Centre""; ""Gender Lenses to Women Entrepreneurship Research""; ""Reality of Men as the Idol and Bases for Women Entrepreneurship Research""

""The Comparison Phase, Women Compared to Men�s Reality""""Women Become Visible with their Own Reality""; ""Case Finland: Government Fosters to Break Gender Neutrality""; ""New Demands by the New Act of Equality""; ""The Entrepreneurship Policy Programme in Finland""; ""Gender Specific Activities in Policy Program""; ""Conclusion""; ""Theoretical and Practical Implications""; ""References""; ""Part II Gendered Nature of the Social Capital in Entrepreneurship""; ""Chapter 5 Organisational Entrepreneurs in the Public Sectors - Social Capital and Gender""; ""Introduction""; ""Methodology""

""The Healthcare Entrepreneur The Person""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

87-630-9991-8

OCLC:

652435556