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Published in: Small Business Economics 2/2019

09-02-2018

Gender gaps and reentry into entrepreneurial ecosystems after business failure

Authors: Sharon A. Simmons, Johan Wiklund, Jonathan Levie, Steve W. Bradley, Sanwar A. Sunny

Published in: Small Business Economics | Issue 2/2019

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Abstract

Despite the significant role played by serial entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial process, we know little about group differences in reentry decisions after business failure. Using an ecosystem framework and stigma theory, we investigate the variance in gender gaps related to the reentry decisions of 8171 entrepreneurs from 35 countries who experienced business failures. We find evidence of persisting gender gaps that vary across ecosystem framework conditions of public stigma of business failure and public fear of business failure. Our findings shed new light on ecosystem inefficiencies that arise from multiple interactions between entrepreneurs and institutions.
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We reran our main effects Model 3 in Table 2 without ‘other reasons or undisclosed’ cases and obtained similar results.
 
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Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
 
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See Appendix for sample and key variable statistics by country.
 
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Metadata
Title
Gender gaps and reentry into entrepreneurial ecosystems after business failure
Authors
Sharon A. Simmons
Johan Wiklund
Jonathan Levie
Steve W. Bradley
Sanwar A. Sunny
Publication date
09-02-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Small Business Economics / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-9998-3

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