Current Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Economics

Abstract

This chapter aims to identify the current challenges facing women entrepreneurs. Female entrepreneurship must be analyzed from a binary perspective: the position of women in society and the role of entrepreneurship in society. The study focused on women entrepreneurs in the European Union (EU). Considering the social-economic diversity in the EU, we evaluated the five economic systems. To highlight how these differences are manifested in the different systems, we considered for analysis one country belonging to each model, namely, Denmark for the Scandinavian system, Germany for the Continental system, Ireland for the Anglo-Saxon system, Spain for the Mediterranean System, and Romania, for the Catching-up system. The analysis considered women entrepreneurs in the labor market, female employment/management in the labor market, female entrepreneurs in the labor market, and female mentality regarding work and entrepreneurship.

Citation

Gafu, C., Gheorghe, I.G. and Sima, V. (2024), "Current Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurs in Contemporary Economics", Andrei, J.V. and Grigorescu, A. (Ed.) Emerging Patterns and Behaviors in a Green Resilient Economy (Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-780-720241007