The Internet has completely transformed our lives on an individual basis in many ways, ranging from the way we communicate through the way we socialize to the way we shop and travel. Businesses are no exception to this premise. This... more
The Internet has completely transformed our lives on an individual basis in many
ways, ranging from the way we communicate through the way we socialize to the
way we shop and travel. Businesses are no exception to this premise. This paper
studies the adoption of the Internet by female-owned firms in India. It uses the World
Bank’s Enterprise Surveys Program data set for the year 2014 to study the adoption
of the Internet by more than 10,000 firms in the country. After controlling for a large
number of firm-level characteristics, empirical results obtained indicate that femaleowned
firms are more likely to use the Internet than their male counterparts. However,
further empirical analysis shows that more intensive adoption of the Internet by
these female-owned firms does not necessarily translate into better performance.
Specifically, the adoption of the Internet does not make female-owned firms more
or less likely to have better productivity and sales growth in contrast to that of their
male counterparts.
This article studies the relationship between gender and entrepreneurship in Andalusia, a region in the south of Spain, between 1886 and 1959. The aim of the text is to answer the question: Were women active in entrepreneurship, or merely... more
This article studies the relationship between gender and entrepreneurship in Andalusia, a region in the south of Spain, between 1886 and 1959. The aim of the text is to answer the question: Were women active in entrepreneurship, or merely pieces in the economic strategies of the males who governed their families? To do this, a database built from the commercial registers containing more than 8,000 companies is used. The results obtained, by way of a combination of quantitative and qualitative research, as well as the application of the Social Network Analysis, indicate that the women who participated in the forming of multi-owner firms were subject to the decisions of their male partners, and hardly had any opportunities to develop an active business role. Female subordination is explained by the sociocultural characteristics of the institutional framework as well as the late economic development of the region.
