SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES AND OUTCOMES : NEW PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

The increase in the number of companies run by women and their contribution to the economy has led to many investigations incorporating a “ gender perspective ” in the study of business activity. Most of these show a disadvantage in the case of companies run by women in the mobilization of resources and in business results, although there is no consensus about the gender effect in these aspects. Therefore , this study investigates the _ _ possible differences, taking into account not only the structural variables but also a broad conception of resource endowment and the different effects of gender . The results show that the gender of the entrepreneur is not an explanatory variable of business results when other variables are included in the model;