New Wave of Women Entrepreneurs

Dodging the Glass Ceiling?  Networks and the New Wave of Women Entrepreneurs (The Social Science Journal, Spring 2001.)

Data indicates that women-owned businesses have radically accelerated recently.  The article sites the male-dominated network systems in the U.S. as the reason women have difficulty attaining high-level business positions and turn to entrepreneurship as an alternative.

Topic:  Should the new administration offer incentives for investing in women-owned businesses?

Category:  Academic Research

What is it?  A peer-reviewed article from the Social Science Journal which is a juried, quarterly research journal

Publication Information:   Social Science Journal, 03623319, Spring 2001, Vol. 38, Issue 1

ISSN: 03623319

Accession Number: 4273206

Subject Terms-  Women-owned business enterprises, Business people– United States

Authors:  Stephan Weiler and Alexandra Bernasek

Location: http://www.sciencedirect.com is where the full text article is available for purchase.  I accessed the full text from The Academic Search Premier Database online.

Accessed:  February 11, 2009.  19:50 PST

Support:

National Association of Women Business Owners-  The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of America’s more than 10 million women-owned businesses representing the fastest growing segment of the market.

Bureau of the Census-  The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy.

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The support is provided through the use and citation of previous research findings from various institutions. They provide the framework from which the authors base their argument.   The statistics within the article are directly from the Bureau of the Census. The findings and ideas of The National Association of Women Business Owners also contribute to support the material within the article.

Audience and Agenda: The Western Social Science Association publishes the Social Science Journal.   The principal purpose of the journal is to publish scholarly work in the social sciences.The Association’s mission is to foster professional study, to advance research, and to promote the teaching of social science.  The institution that publishes online for the Social Science Journal is Elsevier Inc. Elsevier Inc. is a part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. An average of 1.8 million people view Elsevier.com monthly according to Quantcast.com and 56% are female.  According the Ulrichsweb.com, the circulation of The Social Science Journal is 2000 unspecified.

Usefulness:  The influx of women entrepreneurs in recent years indicates that the U.S. economic infrastructure has inefficiencies that have been caused by gender-related issues.   The implications of a surge of women-owned businesses has vast implications in the U.S. economy.  These statistics indicate that the U.S. economy is experiencing a shift in its infrastructure which will become more apparent as the years pass.

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http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10823683_ITM

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