Gender differences in firm performance: Evidence from new ventures in the United States

By Alicia Robb, J. Watson. 2012

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The Influence of Gender on Entrepreneurial Intention: The Mediating Role of Perceptual Factors (2016, background): “On the other hand, SFT holds that men and women may exhibit important differences in certain psychological traits (Fischer et al., 1993; Robb and Watson, 2012), which previous literature has consistently noted as relevant predictors of entrepreneurial intention (Douglas and Shepherd, 2002; Kickul…”
Examining the Future Trajectory of Entrepreneurship (2018, background): “Women and minority entrepreneurship, examining the obstacles and difficulties different from those that other entrepreneurs face (de Bruin, Brush, and Welter 2006; DeTienne and Chandler 2007; Robb and Watson 2012).”
Culture, financial literacy, and SME performance in Ghana (2018, background): “This notwithstanding, Robb and Watson (2012) acknowledge that some differences in male and female like their respective ability to take on risk and difference between the size of firms they operate could explain differences in gender performance.”
Failure or voluntary exit? Reassessing the female underperformance hypothesis (2015, background): “While a few studies reveal no gender differences in business survival (Coleman and Robb, 2012; Kalleberg and Leicht, 1991; Robb and Watson, 2012) — and some show female-owned ventures outperforming male-owned ventures in speci ﬁ c industries (e.g., education, clothing) and geographic areas (e.g.,…”
Factors affecting the success of women’s entrepreneurship: a review of literature (2017, background): “Although open to question, according to Robb and Watson (2012) and other authors, there is evidence, albeit occasionally conflicting, that women’s business ventures perform more IJGE 9,1 32 poorly than those of men.”