Research Summary
Entrepreneurship and innovation are social and relational processes that occur in diverse contexts
involving multiple stakeholders. Recently, research in entrepreneurship has begun to explore
entrepreneurial processes through the lens of gender. However, unlike its entrepreneurship
counterpart, innovation research has paid limited attention to gender dynamics. Indeed, the
majority of studies on innovation focus on products, processes or organizations, with the
individual often not ‘seen’. This special issue recognizes the intertwined nature of gender,
innovation, and entrepreneurship, and in doing so, presents five articles that develop new theory
and provide new empirical evidence on the topic of innovation in women’s entrepreneurship.
Collectively, they offer new perspectives and open new avenues for future work. In structuring
this editorial, we present an overview of the state of the field, provide a multilevel future
research agenda, and introduce the articles that comprise this special issue.
Managerial Summary
Despite the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation for economies and societies worldwide, innovation and gender are rarely explored together. Indeed, limited attention has been
placed on the gendered nature of the relations among innovators, entrepreneurs, and processes.
This special issue includes five articles which address this gap from multiple perspectives. The
editorial describes the state of the field prior to the special issue, introduces the special issue
articles, and identifies a multilevel perspective suggesting avenues for further investigation.
Metadata
Item Type:
Article (Published)
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Innovation; women’s entrepreneurship; gender; future research agenda