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Entrepreneurship ecosystems and women entrepreneurs: a social capital and network approach
Small Business Economics (2018)
  • Xaver Neumeyer, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • Susana C. Santos, Rowan University
  • Susana C. Santos, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
  • António Caetano, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
  • Pamela Kalbfleisch, University of North Dakota
Abstract
This study investigates the effects of venture typology, race, ethnicity, and past venture experience on the social capital distribution of women entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Social network data from two municipal ecosystems in Florida, USA (Gainesville and Jacksonville), suggest that network connectivity and
the distribution of social capital are significantly different for men and women entrepreneurs. This difference is
contingent on the venture type. Male entrepreneurs show higher comparative scores of bridging social capital in
aggressive- and managed-growth venture networks, while women entrepreneurs surpass their male counterparts’
bridging capital scores in lifestyle and survival venture networks. Lastly, experienced women entrepreneurs
that self-identified as white showed a higher degree of network connectivity and bridging social capital in the entrepreneurial ecosystem than less experienced non-white female entrepreneurs. Implications for entrepreneurship practice and new research paths are discussed.
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Publication Date
March 9, 2018
DOI
10.1007/s11187-018-9996-5
Citation Information
Xaver Neumeyer, Susana C. Santos, Susana C. Santos, António Caetano, et al.. "Entrepreneurship ecosystems and women entrepreneurs: a social capital and network approach" Small Business Economics (2018) p. 1 - 15
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susana-santos/3/