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Studies on women's entrepreneurship from Nordic countries and beyond

Leona Achtenhagen (Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden)
Malin Tillmar (Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

ISSN: 1756-6266

Article publication date: 22 March 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to recent research on women's entrepreneurship, focusing on Nordic countries.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper encourages research that investigates how context, at the micro, meso and macro level, is related to women's entrepreneurship, and acknowledges that gender is socially constructed.

Findings

This paper finds evidence that recent calls for new directions in women's entrepreneurship research are being followed, specifically with regard to how gender is done and how context is related to women's entrepreneurial activities.

Originality/value

This paper assesses trends in research on women's entrepreneurship, mainly from the Nordic countries.

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Citation

Achtenhagen, L. and Tillmar, M. (2013), "Studies on women's entrepreneurship from Nordic countries and beyond", International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261311305184

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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