Edited by Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland and UiT-The Arctic University of Norway; Teresa Nelson, Simmons College, Boston, USA, and Kate Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

This timely and expertly organised compendium is a celebration of the growing understanding on the significance and diverse global practice of female entrepreneurship. An impressive range of contributions from top scholars confirms gender is integral to this understanding, provides valuable insights on strengthening the ecosystem to support women’s entrepreneurship and takes into account new demographic contexts and the complexities of female enterprise.Anne de Bruin, Professor, Massey University, New ZealandWhile the area of women’s entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of attention over the past few years, the types of questions asked and the way in which answers are pursued has not yet led to a coherent sense of understanding. In The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship, Henry, Nelson and Lewis guide us through a collection of works that together provide the necessary bridge between gender theories and entrepreneurship, thereby inviting more of us into the discussion with potential impact for theory, practice and policy.Patricia Greene, Professor, Babson College, USA

• Introduction: The Context and Practice of Female EntrepreneurshipColette Henry, Teresa Nelson & Kate LewisPart 1: The Context for Female EntrepreneurshipWomen Entrepreneurs and Their Ventures: Complicating Categories and Contextualising GenderAngela Martinez-Dy & Susan Marlow Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Family FirmsMary Barrett & Ken Moores Women, Entrepreneurship and SustainabilityKate Kearins & Katrin Schaefer Saudi Women’s Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Social Construction of Norms and PerceptionsRenaud Redien-Collot, Laurice Alexandre & Wassim J. Aloulou Female Academic Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation: Reviewing the Evidence and Identifying the ChallengesHelen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Viviana Meschitti & Alex PoulovassilisPart 2: The Ecosystem for Female Entrepreneurs Strategies to Redress Entrepreneurship Gender Gaps in CanadaBarbara J. Orser U.S. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Access to Early-Stage FinancingLinda Edelman, Tatiana Manolova & Candida Brush Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Firms in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for Public PolicySusan Coleman & Alicia Robb Gender Differences in New Venture Funding: Supply-Side Discrimination or Demand-Side Disinclination?John Watson, Michael Stuetzer & Roxanne ZolinPart 3: Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Supporting and Training Female Necessity EntrepreneursWalid A. Nakara, Nerine Bouguerra & Alain Fayolle Entrepreneurial Role Models: An Integrated Framework from a Constructionist PerspectiveMaria Cristina Díaz-García & Janice Byrne Female Entrepreneurship, Role Models and Network Externalities in Middle–Income Countries Maria Minniti Revisiting Research on Gender in Entrepreneurial Networks Lene FossPart 4: Identity Identity Work, Swift Trust and Gender: The Role of Women-Only Leadership Development ProgrammesClaire Leitch, Richard Harrison & Maura McAdam Postfeminism and Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Identity of the ‘Mumpreneur’Patricia Lewis Female Lifestyle Entrepreneurs and Their Business ModelsHelle Neergaard & Dorthe Refslund Christensen Tales of Heroine EntrepreneursKarin Berglund, Helen Ahl & Katarina Pettersson Perceived Legitimacy of Women Entrepreneurs in France: Between Identity Legitimacy and Entrepreneurial LegitimacyPhilippe Pailot, Corinne Poroli & Stéphanie ChasserioPart 5: Demography Women, Disability and EntrepreneurshipKate Caldwell, Sarah Parker Harris & Maija Renko Female Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?Maria Villares-Varela, Monder Ram & Trevor Jones Entrepreneurial Activity Among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of SurvivalThomas M. Cooney & Denis Foley Entrepreneurship, Age and Gender: The Swedish Case Carin Holmquist & Elisabeth SundinIndex

Edited by Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland and UiT-The Arctic University of Norway; Teresa Nelson, Simmons College, Boston, USA, and Kate Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

This timely and expertly organised compendium is a celebration of the growing understanding on the significance and diverse global practice of female entrepreneurship. An impressive range of contributions from top scholars confirms gender is integral to this understanding, provides valuable insights on strengthening the ecosystem to support women’s entrepreneurship and takes into account new demographic contexts and the complexities of female enterprise.Anne de Bruin, Professor, Massey University, New ZealandWhile the area of women’s entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of attention over the past few years, the types of questions asked and the way in which answers are pursued has not yet led to a coherent sense of understanding. In The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship, Henry, Nelson and Lewis guide us through a collection of works that together provide the necessary bridge between gender theories and entrepreneurship, thereby inviting more of us into the discussion with potential impact for theory, practice and policy.Patricia Greene, Professor, Babson College, USA

• Introduction: The Context and Practice of Female EntrepreneurshipColette Henry, Teresa Nelson & Kate LewisPart 1: The Context for Female EntrepreneurshipWomen Entrepreneurs and Their Ventures: Complicating Categories and Contextualising GenderAngela Martinez-Dy & Susan Marlow Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Family FirmsMary Barrett & Ken Moores Women, Entrepreneurship and SustainabilityKate Kearins & Katrin Schaefer Saudi Women’s Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Social Construction of Norms and PerceptionsRenaud Redien-Collot, Laurice Alexandre & Wassim J. Aloulou Female Academic Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation: Reviewing the Evidence and Identifying the ChallengesHelen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Viviana Meschitti & Alex PoulovassilisPart 2: The Ecosystem for Female Entrepreneurs Strategies to Redress Entrepreneurship Gender Gaps in CanadaBarbara J. Orser U.S. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Access to Early-Stage FinancingLinda Edelman, Tatiana Manolova & Candida Brush Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Firms in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for Public PolicySusan Coleman & Alicia Robb Gender Differences in New Venture Funding: Supply-Side Discrimination or Demand-Side Disinclination?John Watson, Michael Stuetzer & Roxanne ZolinPart 3: Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Supporting and Training Female Necessity EntrepreneursWalid A. Nakara, Nerine Bouguerra & Alain Fayolle Entrepreneurial Role Models: An Integrated Framework from a Constructionist PerspectiveMaria Cristina Díaz-García & Janice Byrne Female Entrepreneurship, Role Models and Network Externalities in Middle–Income Countries Maria Minniti Revisiting Research on Gender in Entrepreneurial Networks Lene FossPart 4: Identity Identity Work, Swift Trust and Gender: The Role of Women-Only Leadership Development ProgrammesClaire Leitch, Richard Harrison & Maura McAdam Postfeminism and Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Identity of the ‘Mumpreneur’Patricia Lewis Female Lifestyle Entrepreneurs and Their Business ModelsHelle Neergaard & Dorthe Refslund Christensen Tales of Heroine EntrepreneursKarin Berglund, Helen Ahl & Katarina Pettersson Perceived Legitimacy of Women Entrepreneurs in France: Between Identity Legitimacy and Entrepreneurial LegitimacyPhilippe Pailot, Corinne Poroli & Stéphanie ChasserioPart 5: Demography Women, Disability and EntrepreneurshipKate Caldwell, Sarah Parker Harris & Maija Renko Female Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?Maria Villares-Varela, Monder Ram & Trevor Jones Entrepreneurial Activity Among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of SurvivalThomas M. Cooney & Denis Foley Entrepreneurship, Age and Gender: The Swedish Case Carin Holmquist & Elisabeth SundinIndex

Edited by Colette Henry, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland and UiT-The Arctic University of Norway; Teresa Nelson, Simmons College, Boston, USA, and Kate Lewis, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

This timely and expertly organised compendium is a celebration of the growing understanding on the significance and diverse global practice of female entrepreneurship. An impressive range of contributions from top scholars confirms gender is integral to this understanding, provides valuable insights on strengthening the ecosystem to support women’s entrepreneurship and takes into account new demographic contexts and the complexities of female enterprise.Anne de Bruin, Professor, Massey University, New ZealandWhile the area of women’s entrepreneurship has received an increased amount of attention over the past few years, the types of questions asked and the way in which answers are pursued has not yet led to a coherent sense of understanding. In The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship, Henry, Nelson and Lewis guide us through a collection of works that together provide the necessary bridge between gender theories and entrepreneurship, thereby inviting more of us into the discussion with potential impact for theory, practice and policy.Patricia Greene, Professor, Babson College, USA

• Introduction: The Context and Practice of Female EntrepreneurshipColette Henry, Teresa Nelson & Kate LewisPart 1: The Context for Female EntrepreneurshipWomen Entrepreneurs and Their Ventures: Complicating Categories and Contextualising GenderAngela Martinez-Dy & Susan Marlow Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs in Family FirmsMary Barrett & Ken Moores Women, Entrepreneurship and SustainabilityKate Kearins & Katrin Schaefer Saudi Women’s Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Social Construction of Norms and PerceptionsRenaud Redien-Collot, Laurice Alexandre & Wassim J. Aloulou Female Academic Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation: Reviewing the Evidence and Identifying the ChallengesHelen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Viviana Meschitti & Alex PoulovassilisPart 2: The Ecosystem for Female Entrepreneurs Strategies to Redress Entrepreneurship Gender Gaps in CanadaBarbara J. Orser U.S. Women Entrepreneurs and Their Access to Early-Stage FinancingLinda Edelman, Tatiana Manolova & Candida Brush Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Firms in the United States: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for Public PolicySusan Coleman & Alicia Robb Gender Differences in New Venture Funding: Supply-Side Discrimination or Demand-Side Disinclination?John Watson, Michael Stuetzer & Roxanne ZolinPart 3: Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Supporting and Training Female Necessity EntrepreneursWalid A. Nakara, Nerine Bouguerra & Alain Fayolle Entrepreneurial Role Models: An Integrated Framework from a Constructionist PerspectiveMaria Cristina Díaz-García & Janice Byrne Female Entrepreneurship, Role Models and Network Externalities in Middle–Income Countries Maria Minniti Revisiting Research on Gender in Entrepreneurial Networks Lene FossPart 4: Identity Identity Work, Swift Trust and Gender: The Role of Women-Only Leadership Development ProgrammesClaire Leitch, Richard Harrison & Maura McAdam Postfeminism and Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Identity of the ‘Mumpreneur’Patricia Lewis Female Lifestyle Entrepreneurs and Their Business ModelsHelle Neergaard & Dorthe Refslund Christensen Tales of Heroine EntrepreneursKarin Berglund, Helen Ahl & Katarina Pettersson Perceived Legitimacy of Women Entrepreneurs in France: Between Identity Legitimacy and Entrepreneurial LegitimacyPhilippe Pailot, Corinne Poroli & Stéphanie ChasserioPart 5: Demography Women, Disability and EntrepreneurshipKate Caldwell, Sarah Parker Harris & Maija Renko Female Immigrant Global Entrepreneurship: From Invisibility to Empowerment?Maria Villares-Varela, Monder Ram & Trevor Jones Entrepreneurial Activity Among Irish Traveller Women: An Insight into the Complexity of SurvivalThomas M. Cooney & Denis Foley Entrepreneurship, Age and Gender: The Swedish Case Carin Holmquist & Elisabeth SundinIndex