Read L. The Financing of Small Business: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Small Business Owners

Routledge, 1998. — 248 p. — ISBN: 0415169569A detailed empirical study of how small business owners finance their enterprises, this volume compares the experiences of women with those of men. The author redresses an over-reliance on subjective and anecdotal evidence of discrimination in this area with a controlled study of forty matched pairs of male/female owners and their strategies for raising finances. The research reveals the importance of adopting a theoretical framework in which the role of gender in the financing of small businesses is considered, and the practical implications for female entrepreneurs, banks and policy-makers.The growth and characteristics of female entrepreneurship
The financing of women-owned businesses: an empirical overview and theoretical framework
Research into the financing of women-owned businesses: methodological considerations
Raising finance: the use of and attitudes towards sources of small business finance
The characteristics of the banking relationship
The role of networking in the financing of male and female-owned businesses
Conclusions, implications and an agenda for future research