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This paper explores the role of gender in new technology-based firms creation and whether this role differs across developed and emerging countries. By using a sample of 244,471 individuals in 70 countries, the results firstly show a negative relationship between being a woman and setting up a technology entrepreneurial initiative, regardless the stage of the country’s economic development. Secondly, in less-developed countries, there is a positive effect of being a woman on starting non-technology entrepreneurship. Thirdly, in emerging countries, being a woman has an even greater negative effect on technology entrepreneurship than it has in developed countries.
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Zapata-Huamaní, G.A., Fernández-López, S., Rodríguez-Gulías, M.J., Rodeiro-Pazos, D. (2019). Technology Entrepreneurship and Gender in Emerging Countries. In: Ratten, V., Jones, P., Braga, V., Marques, C.S. (eds) Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12342-0_4
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