Advancing Research

"Researchers and policy makers across the globe have recognized the importance of women’s businesses for economic growth, innovation and building healthy communities. This is an exciting time to be a part of this research community that studies both the barriers that women entrepreneurs face, as well as the contributions that their businesses make."

Maija Renko, Director of Research

 

Research Grants

Through research grants, the WEI supports faculty engaged in scholarship focused on creating greater equity in entrepreneurship. Research sponsored by the WEI includes:

• Renko, Maija and Bort, James. Understanding the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Experiences and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
• Devine, Richard. Women-Owned Breweries: How women entrepreneurs manage and mobilize resources from stakeholders in an under-represented industry

• Westring, Alyssa. Why We Need Dadpreneurs to Step Up Now. (2020).
• Bullough, Amanda, Renko, Maija & Abdelzaher, Dina (2017). Women’s business ownership: operating within the context of institutional and in-group collectivism. Journal of Management, Vol. 43, No. 7, 2037-2064.
• Caldwell, Kate, Parker Harris, Sarah & Renko, Maija (2017). Women, disability & entrepreneurship. In: The Routledge Companion to Global Female Entrepreneurship, edited by Colette Henry, Teresa Nelson and Kate Lewis.
• Bullough, Amanda & Renko, Maija (2017). A Different Frame of Reference: Entrepreneurship and Gender Differences in the Perception of Danger. Academy of Management Discoveries, Vol. 3, No. 1, 21-41.
• Hechavarría, Diana M., Terjesen, Siri A., Ingram, Amy E., Renko, Maija, Justo, Rachida & Elam, Amanda (2017). Taking care of business: the impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs’ blended value creation goals. Small Business Economics, Vol. 48, No. 1, 225–257.
• Kickul, Jill & Griffiths, Mark & Robb, Colleen & Gundry, Lisa. (2021). All for one? The Paycheck Protection Program distribution disparity. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. ahead-of-print. 10.1108/JEPP-03-2021-0027.