Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Gender Perspective

This book demonstrates how gender is an organizing principle of entrepreneurial ecosystems and how it affects the assembly and access to resources. It highlights the role of individual, organizational, and institutional factors in creating and maintaining gendered inequities. It proposes a typology of four ecosystem identities and offers insights into effective practices and policies for promoting gender inclusion and inclusive economic development.

Format: Hardback
Length: 215 pages
Publication date: 21 October 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This book, based on extensive fieldwork, showcases the pivotal role of gender as an organizing principle within entrepreneurial ecosystems. It delves into how gender influences the assembly and accessibility of ecosystem resources, shaping the dynamics and outcomes of entrepreneurial endeavors. By highlighting the heterogeneity of ecosystem actors across identities, interactions, and experiences, the book emphasizes the intricate interplay of individual, organizational, and institutional factors that contribute to the perpetuation of gendered inequities. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems offers insightful research-driven insights into effective organizational practices and policies aimed at remedying gendered and intersectional inequalities associated with entrepreneurship activities and economic growth. It proposes a typology of four ecosystem identities, highlighting varying levels of receptivity and adaptability to gender inclusion and change. The book provides scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers with valuable insights into gender dynamics in relation to analyzing entrepreneurial ecosystems and for fostering inclusive economic development policies.

Weight: 534g
Dimension: 158 x 237 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781316519431
Edition number: New ed