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A Research Proposal To Examine Entrepreneurship In Family Business, Jorge A. Durán-Enalada, Juan M. San Martin-Reyna, Héctor Montiel-Campos Jan 2012

A Research Proposal To Examine Entrepreneurship In Family Business, Jorge A. Durán-Enalada, Juan M. San Martin-Reyna, Héctor Montiel-Campos

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

This paper builds on existing theoretical and empirical studies in the areas of family business and entrepreneurship. It uses Dubin´s theory building framework to propose a model for conducting research of family businesses and its linkage to entrepreneurial activities in Mexico. This works starts by describing the concepts of family business and explains the importance that these definitions can have on the variables to be included in the research. After that, the paper explains how the concept of “familiness” relates to the essence definition of family business. Using the resource-based view (RBV), agency theory, and social capital theories we describe …


Female Entrepreneurship – An Appropriate Response To Gender Discrimination, Jacques Ascher Jan 2012

Female Entrepreneurship – An Appropriate Response To Gender Discrimination, Jacques Ascher

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation JEMI

This study aims to discuss one of the most significant economic and social developments in the world – the rise of the female entrepreneurship phenomenon. Women entrepreneurship needs to be studied as a separate field for two main reasons: (a). Female entrepreneurship is an important source of economic growth in creating new jobs and by being genetically different: women provide different solutions to management and business issues; (b). Female entrepreneurship has been neglected, particularly in business research. Although equal opportunity for men and women in the entrepreneurial field is not a reality in the short range, the progress towards its …