About this video
This video will focus on the reasons for the gender gap in funding, and we will explain how this affects female entrepreneurship.
Further recommendations:
- TED talk with Dana Kanze on 'The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding'
- Kanze, D., Huang, L., Conley, M. A., & Higgins, E. T. (2017). Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get. Harvard Business Review. (monthly free available HBR articles)
Further readings mentioned in the video:
- Foss, L., Henry, C., Ahl, H., & Mikalsen, G. H. (2019). Women’s entrepreneurship policy research: a 30-year review of the evidence. Small Business Economics. (available via ResearchGate, requires a login)
- Female Founders Monitor 2020
- Guzman, J., & Kacperczyk, A. (Olenka). (2019). Gender gap in entrepreneurship. Research Policy. (preprint available)
- Kanze, D., Huang, L., Conley, M. A., & Higgins, E. T. (2018). We Ask Men to Win and Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding. Academy of Management Journal. (not open access)
- Marlow, S., & Patton, D. (2005). All Credit to Men? Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Gender. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. (not open access)