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CURRENT TRENDS IN FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR

Series Editors:

• Dr Andrea Caputo, University of Lincoln, UK

• Dr Massimiliano Pellegrini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

This series is dedicated to communicating innovative and multi-disciplinary new research that advances theory and practice in Entrepreneurial Behaviour. The series is focused on expanding the scope of Entrepreneurial Behaviour theory and analysis and enriching practice by encouraging multi-theoretical, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary approaches.

Key issues explored in Entrepreneurial Behaviour include cognition, decision-making, organisational behaviours, and identifying, creating, and exploiting opportunities concerning new products, services, processes, innovations or ventures from entrepreneurial perspective.

The primary focus will be on the study of entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises, and family businesses, with a secondary focus on entrepreneurial and innovative behaviours in other forms of organisations, such as non-profits corporations and public administration.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

• Andrea Caputo

  University of Lincoln (Editor)

• Massimiliano M. Pellegrini

  University of Rome Tor Vergata (Editor)

• Afsnahe Bagheri

  University of Tehran

• Matteo Cristofaro

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Sally Dibb

  Coventry University

• Mohammad Fakher

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Marina Dabic

  University of Zagreb and Nottingham Trent University

• Leo-Paul Dana

  Dalhousie University

• Giulia Flamini

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Laëtitia Gabay-Mariani

  CERAG – Grenoble-Alpes University

• Anibal Lopez

  Nova School of Business and Economics

• Luca Gnan

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Charlott Menke

  Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW, Germany

• Damiano Petrolo

  University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Marco Romano

  University of Catania

• Yi Ruan

  University of Nottingham Ningbo China

• Sid Hanna Saleh

  Colorado School of Mines

• Anna Souakri

  ESCP Europe

• Marzena Starnawska

  University of Warsaw

• Matthias Raith

  Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

• Giuseppe Valenza

  Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria

• Cizhi Wang

  Capital University of Business and Economics

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CURRENT TRENDS IN FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Innovation and Immigration

BY

MICHELA MARI

Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy

AND

SARA POGGESI

Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Alle donne della mia vita

mia madre, mia sorella, le mie figlie Matilde e Maria Vittoria,

le mie nipoti Camilla e Cecilia.

SP

A Gianpaolo e Roberto Mattia: la mia forza, ogni giorno.

MM

Contents

About the Authors

Michela Mari, PhD, is Associate Professor of Management at Tor Vergata University of Rome, where she is currently the Vice Coordinator of the Scientific Observatory on Women Entrepreneurship (Osservatorio Scientifico Imprese Femminili – Osif) (https://impresefemminili.it/) and the Vice Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Real Estate Economics and Management. She serves the same University as Faculty Member of the PhD Programme in Management. At Tor Vergata University of Rome, she currently teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on general management and service management. Her main research interests lie in the fields of women entrepreneurship and service management. Over the years, together with Sara Poggesi, she has published several articles on peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters on women entrepreneurship issues. Since 2017, she is Member of the Global WEP (Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy) Network. She has also been part of the OECD publication ‘Entrepreneurship Policies Through a Gender Lens’ (2021), developing the issue of how to facilitate women entrepreneurs’ access to financial capital in the specific case of Italy.

Sara Poggesi, PhD, is Associate Professor of Management at Tor Vergata University of Rome, where she currently teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on management and marketing. She is Coordinator of the Scientific Observatory on Women Entrepreneurship (Osservatorio Scientifico Imprese Femminili – Osif) (https://impresefemminili.it/) and of the Italian Bachelor Degree Course ‘Economia e Management’. She also serves as Faculty Member of the PhD programme and as Co-coordinator of the ‘Marketing & Sales Management’ track in the Master of Science in Business Administration. Her main research interests lie in the field of women entrepreneurship and service management. Since 2017, she is Member of the Global WEP (Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy) Network. Over the years, together with Michela Mari, she has published several articles on peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters on women entrepreneurship issues. She has also been part of the OECD publication ‘Entrepreneurship Policies Through a Gender Lens’ (2021), developing the issue of how to facilitate women entrepreneurs’ access to financial capital in the specific case of Italy.