TY - JOUR

T1 - Business Entry and Window of Opportunity

T2 - Empirical Results for Women Entrepreneurs with Graduate Degree

AU - Tegtmeier, Silke

AU - Kurczewska, Agnieszka

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This paper explores the nascence period - the time between idea generation and business entry - among women entrepreneurs with a graduate degree. To address this research problem and to better understand the specifics of a window of opportunity, we combine selected theories of human and social capital and set up three hypotheses regarding the influence of different factors on the nascence period. To test our hypotheses, we used a representative sample of 678 graduate women entrepreneurs in Germany and ran a logit of regression on the nascence period. The estimated model revealed two main factors with a positive influence, namely having an entrepreneurial role model and having attended seminars about starting a business. In our model, these factors support waiting longer before starting a business. In light of these results, we call for a more experimental approach in entrepreneurship education.

AB - This paper explores the nascence period - the time between idea generation and business entry - among women entrepreneurs with a graduate degree. To address this research problem and to better understand the specifics of a window of opportunity, we combine selected theories of human and social capital and set up three hypotheses regarding the influence of different factors on the nascence period. To test our hypotheses, we used a representative sample of 678 graduate women entrepreneurs in Germany and ran a logit of regression on the nascence period. The estimated model revealed two main factors with a positive influence, namely having an entrepreneurial role model and having attended seminars about starting a business. In our model, these factors support waiting longer before starting a business. In light of these results, we call for a more experimental approach in entrepreneurship education.

KW - Management studies

KW - business entry

KW - human and social capital

KW - role model

KW - self-employment

KW - the nascence period

KW - time span

KW - university

KW - window of opportunity

KW - women entrepreneurs

KW - women graduates

KW - Entrepreneurship

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014656860&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1504/IJEV.2017.082633

DO - 10.1504/IJEV.2017.082633

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 9

SP - 41

EP - 59

JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

SN - 1742-5360

IS - 1

ER -