Can anyone recommend any literature regarding gender differences in tech start-ups?

25 March 2015 6 6K Report

Hello. I am looking for gender differences in the literature of new high-technology ventures (start-ups), in these areas:

· Knowledge and experience

· Funding sources, survival, growth and expansion

· Teams of co-founders and employees

· Industries and products

· Networking

· Performance

I have found some studies that cover gender differences in funding, incubator, co-founders, but anything else. Thank you.

Nicholas J. Beutell

Hi Katherina,

Check this article: James N. Baron, Michael T. Hannan, Greta Hsu, and Özgecan Koça

In the Company of Women: Gender Inequality and the Logic of Bureaucracy in Start-Up Firms, Work and Occupations February 2007 34: 35-66, doi:10.1177/0730888406296945

Good luck with you work! Best wishes...Nick

Daryn Dyer

These journals should cover some of the criteria you listed above. Good luck with your study:

Marlow, S., & McAdam, M. (2012). Analyzing the influence of gender upon high‐technology venturing within the context of business incubation. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36(4), 655-676.

BarNir, A. (2012). Starting technologically innovative ventures: reasons, human capital, and gender. Management Decision, 50(3), 399-419.

Ranga, M., & Etzkowitz, H. (2010). Athena in the world of techne: The gender dimension of technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Journal of technology management & innovation, 5(1), 1-12.

Malach-Pines, A., & Schwartz, D. (2008). Now you see them, now you don't: gender differences in entrepreneurship. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23(7), 811-832.

Martin, L. M., & Tiu Wright, L. (2005). No gender in cyberspace? Empowering entrepreneurship and innovation in female-run ICT small firms. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 11(2), 162-178.

Menzies, T. V., & Paradi, J. C. (2003). Entrepreneurship education and engineering students-Career path and business performance. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 4(2), 121-132.

Brush, C. G., Carter, N. M., Greene, P. G., Hart, M. M., & Gatewood, E. (2002). The role of social capital and gender in linking financial suppliers and entrepreneurial firms: a framework for future research. Venture Capital: An international journal of entrepreneurial finance, 4(4), 305-323.

Hafkin, N. J., & Taggart, N. (2001). Gender, information technology, and developing countries: An analytic study. Office of Women in Development, Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, United States Agency for International Development.