Women and Entrepreneurship comes from two authors with especially rich experience in this field of research. Beatrice Avolio and Mirjana Radovi-Markovi profile women entrepreneurs and consider their motivations, together with the obstacles and challenges that they face and often overcome. A focus on emerging forms of entrepreneurship leads to a concentration on what is happening in newly developing economies, with a major case study set in a South American context. The authors deal with how rural entrepreneurship, virtual entrepreneurship, and project-based and home-based businesses lend themselves to providing opportunities for women. The authors' findings reveal that increased participation of women in business leadership is imposing a new behavioural style on businesses; and that particularly female kinds of durability, persistence and intuition are producing business advantage. This book clearly identifies success factors and proposes guidelines for the benefit of female entrepreneurs, female-led businesses, and businesses in general.

Part I Female Entrepreneurship; Chapter 1 Female Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Background; Chapter 2 Female Entrepreneurship: Why do Women Become Entrepreneurs?; Chapter 3 Typology of Female Entrepreneurs; Chapter 4 Female Entrepreneurship: Obstacles Faced by Women Entrepreneurs; Chapter 5 Mumpreneurs; Chapter 6 Women and Inequality Problems; Chapter 7 Women in Managerial Jobs; Part II Special Topics on Entrepreneurship; Chapter 8 Rural Entrepreneurship; Chapter 9 Virtual Entrepreneurship; Chapter 10 Project-based Firms; Chapter 11 Home-based Firms;