Women in Business

• Main Author: Cesaroni , Francesca Maria (auth)
• Other Authors: Demartini, Paola (auth), Paoloni, Paola (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Information technology industries; n/a; gender stratification; gender; role salience; female entrepreneurship; motherhood; new high-technology ventures; high tech female entrepreneur; career paths; women founders; mumpreneurs; glass ceiling; public governance; leadership; economic variable classification; work-family balance; gender gap; Chile; underperformance hypothesis; career management; gender equality; Innovative female startups; gender stereotypes; entrepreneurship; startups; economic crisis; gender-responsive budget; chartered public accountants; decision-making; women in top management; stakeholder engagement; woman startups; Italy; accounting profession; gender analysis; gender issues; women; governance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

[The role of women in entrepreneurship, management and corporate governance is regarded as central to the development and welfare of economies. Since the early 1980s, there has been increased interest in women managers and entrepreneurs, often from an interdisciplinary approach, combining, for example, sociology, psychology, management and organisational studies and economics. Nowadays, research on women in management and organisations is continuously and rapidly evolving (Paoloni and Demartini, 2016). Research on how women face new business challenges within organisations-as entrepreneurs, owners, managers, as well as workers-can contribute to understanding the new drivers affecting value creation dynamics in our knowledge-based society (Cesaroni, Demartini and Paoloni, 2017). Accordingly, this book tries to offer some insights on how women create, process and share knowledge in their business activity through the application and exploitation of novel creative ideas and solutions]