Female entrepreneurship: Evidence-based high-impact perspective from Chile and Peru
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https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2022.162.4586Keywords:
female entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, women, Peru, ChileAbstract
This study aims to highlight cases of women-led business (WLB) that achieved high-growth in the short term, contradicting the traditional approach of female entrepreneurship associated with precariousness. This paper uses a multiple case study, exploring examples of WLBs in Chile and Peru. The results show some entrepreneurial behavior patterns among WLBs, such as experience in the field, growth-oriented strategy, service innovation, accelerated expansion, high-quality products, and a particular attitude toward entrepreneurship. This study shed additional light on how some WLBs are not linked to subsistence or low-impact, as well as how public policies must support high-growth WLBs.
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