The number of women entrepreneurs is growing rapidly worldwide, however, women are still less likely than men to start a new business. Two factors influencing this are barriers and drivers, however, the understanding of how their interaction affects women’s entrepreneurial intention, specifically across different contexts, is lacking. This study focuses on entrepreneurial intention of women across four different European countries, by adopting both a national and supranational perspective. The analysis is based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden 2015 database. Overall the thesis contributes to the literature of entrepreneurship and context and also the understanding of factors influencing women entrepreneurship in Europe.
Author(s): Iulia Stroila
Series: Forschungsreihe der FH Münster
Publisher: Springer Spektrum
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 108
City: Cham
Preface
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Importance of the Topic
1.2 Problem Formulation
1.3 Purpose and Research Questions
1.4 Study Structure
2 The Literature Review
2.1 Definition of Entrepreneurship in This Research
2.2 Falling into the Gender Gap
2.3 Entrepreneurial Intentions
2.4 Context in Entrepreneurship
2.5 Individual and Social Context Factors
2.5.1 Perceived Barriers
2.5.2 Perceived Drivers
2.6 Wider-Environment Context Factors
2.7 Conceptual Model and Hypotheses
3 Methodology
3.1 Research Philosophy
3.2 Research Strategy
3.3 Research Design
3.4 Data Source, Population, and Sample
3.5 Variable Description
3.6 Data Analysis
3.7 Quality of Research
4 Results
4.1 Descriptive Statistics
4.2 Multicollinearity
4.3 Adequacy and Fit of the Models
4.4 Results of the Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
4.5 Summary of Hypotheses
5 Discussion
6 Conclusions
7 Theoretical and Practical Contributions
8 Limitations and Future Research
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