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Journal of Business Ethics

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Entrepreneurial Feminists: Perspectives About Opportunity Recognition and Governance

verfasst von: Barbara Orser, Catherine Elliott, Joanne Leck

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 2/2013

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Interviews were conducted with 15 entrepreneurial feminists to explore how feminist values are enacted in opportunity recognition and organizational structures within the venture-creation process. Results suggest that opportunity recognition aligned with the needs and values of the entrepreneurial feminists. Opportunity construction was defined as ‘I am the market’, ‘building community with women like me’, ‘enabling others’, ‘do more with my life’, and ‘opportunity knocked’. Organizational structures and governance reflected cooperative, collaborative and ethical principles. Implications to feminist theory are discussed.

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Titel: Entrepreneurial Feminists: Perspectives About Opportunity Recognition and Governance
verfasst von: Barbara Orser
Catherine Elliott
Joanne Leck
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1391-6

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