Business Entry and Window of Opportunity: Empirical Results for Women Entrepreneurs with Graduate Degree

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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.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
Volume9
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)41-59
Number of pages19
ISSN1742-5360
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • Management studies - business entry, human and social capital, role model, self-employment, the nascence period, time span, university, window of opportunity, women entrepreneurs, women graduates
  • Entrepreneurship

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