I’m just back from an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held a series of meetings focused on innovation policy. One item on the agenda was a discussion of women’s entrepreneurship and innovation – more specifically the sharing of the results of a [...]
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Women’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Posted in business, International development issues, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's business research studies, tagged innovation, UNCTAD, women's empowerment, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pearls from New GEM Women’s Report
Posted in women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, women-owned business, tagged Babson College, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, statistics, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new report on trends in women’s entrepreneurship, drawing on the multi-country Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys, has just been published by a team of researchers from Babson College. The GEM 2010 Women’s Report draws on data collected from surveys of over 175,000 adults in 59 countries, including 14,000 women business owners. As in previous GEM [...]
Growth of Women-Owned Firms Continues, But Keeps Pace Only Until 100 Employee and $1M Revenue Marks
Posted in business, statistics, women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, women-owned business, tagged American Express OPEN, business, statistics, US Census Bureau, women's business development, women's enterprise, women-owned business, Womenable on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A new analysis of recently-released Census data on women-owned enterprises in the United States finds that the growth in the number of women-owned firms continues at rates exceeding the national average, and that growth in revenue and employment keeps up the pace with all firms, but only until women-owned firms reach the 100-employee level or [...]
Growing into New Markets: The Power of Procurement
Posted in business, women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, tagged economic impact, procurement, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business, Womenable on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After a decades-long battle, a Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program is now in place at the US Small Business Administration. Truth be told, the 10-year fight to get the law calling for this program implemented was just the tip of the iceberg. Way back when women business owners and their organizations (NAWBO and AWED [...]
The Most Womenabling Research Studies of 2010
Posted in business, statistics, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's business research studies, tagged Cherie Blair Foundation, Davos World Economic Forum, Delta Economics, economic impact, Economist Intelligence Unit, empowering women, Guardian Life Index, ICSB, IJGE, Illuminate Ventures, NWBC, Quantum Leaps, women's business development, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable, World Bank on December 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In tandem with our list of the top ten womenabling news and events of the year – highlighted in the previous blogpost – we’d now like to share our list of the most noteworthy womenabling research reports of 2010. Here they are, listed in alphabetical order by report title. You might notice that there are [...]
