Download or read book Gender and Entrepreneurial Activity written by Albert N. Link and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing interest in the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial activity. In this book, 37 eminent scholars from diverse academic disciplines contribute cutting-edge research that addresses, from a gender perspective, three general areas of importance: key characteristics of entrepreneurs, key performance attributes of entrepreneurial firms, and the role of financial capital in the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial firms and in their growth.