Female Social Entrepreneurship

Miriam Gerlach, M.A. is a research Associate at the Chair of Economics of Sustainability, University of Vechta, Germany.

• 1    Introduction2    General Literature Overview on Social Entrepreneurship2.1    Entrepreneurship2.1.1    Origin and Definition of Entrepreneurship2.1.2    The Entrepreneur2.1.3    Context and Entrepreneurship2.2    Social Entrepreneurship2.2.1    Origin and Definition of Social Entrepreneurship2.2.2    Social and Social Value2.2.3    Forms of Social Entrepreneurship2.2.4    Context in Social Entrepreneurship2.2.5    Contributions of Social Entrepreneurship2.2.6    Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship3    Female Social Entrepreneurship3.1    Gender3.2    Short History of Female Social Entrepreneurship3.3    Feminist Theories in Entrepreneurial Research3.4    The current State of Research3.4.1    Recent Research on Female Social Entrepreneurship3.4.2    Female Social Entrepreneurship in Numbers3.5    Potential of Female Social Entrepreneurship3.6    Challenges for Female Social Entrepreneurship3.6.1    Challenges faced by the field of Female Social Entrepreneurship3.6.2    Research Challenges for Female Social Entrepreneurship3.7    Proposals for Future Research3.7.1    Proposed Research Methods and Approaches3.7.2    Proposed Research Questions and Focus4    Epistemology and Methodology4.1    Theoretical Perspective4.2    Purpose and Justification4.3    Research Questions4.4    Research Design4.5    Study Population, Sample and Selection Procedures4.6    Data Collection and Processing4.7    Quality Assurance4.8    Study Limitations5    Results and Discussion5.1    Personal Path towards Social Entrepreneurship5.1.1    Education and Working Experience5.1.2    Caring Responsibilities5.1.3    Personal Motivation5.1.4    Self-Actualization5.2    Social Enterprises5.2.1    Social Purpose, Contribution and Impact5.2.2    Conceptualization of Social Entrepreneurship5.2.3    Success5.2.4    Management Practices5.2.5    Innovation5.2.6    Working Routines5.2.7    Employees, Financing and Resources5.2.8    Future Goals5.3    Doing Gender in Social Entrepreneurship5.3.1    Discourses on Gender5.3.2    The Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Gender5.4    Future and Context of Social Entrepreneurship5.4.1    Social Entrepreneurship Context in Germany5.4.2    Ideas to Promote Social Entrepreneurship5.4.3    Potential of Social Entrepreneurship5.5    The German Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem5.5.1    Macro-Level5.5.2    Meso-Level5.5.3    Micro-Level7    Conclusions7.1    Personal Path towards Social Entrepreneurship7.2    Social Entrepreneurship7.3    Doing Gender in Social Entrepreneurship7.4    Future of Social Entrepreneurship7.5    The German Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem8    Recommendations8.1    Gender-Aware Policy Proposals8.1.1    Rethinking Care-Giving Labour Structures8.1.2    Shape Gender Perceptions, Attitudes and Role-Models8.1.3    Institutionalization of Gender Equality and a Gender Approach8.1.4    Increase Availability and Access to Funding8.2    Continue the Development of Alternatives for Equal and Sustainable Life Conditions8.3    Limitations and Future ResearchReferences