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| Author: | Watson, J. |
| Title: | Failure rates for female-controlled businesses: are they any different? |
| Journal: | Journal of Small Business Management
2003 : JUL, VOL. 41:3, p. 262-277 |
| Index terms: | Business failures Company ownership Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Women executives Australia |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Previous research has found that female-owned businesses generally underperform male-owned businesses on a variety of measures. It has been suggested that this finding might be the result of systematic differences between male- and female-owned businesses, particularly industry differences. Data from a representative sample of 8375 small and medium-sized Australian enterprises are analyzed, with follow-up surveys in each of the subsequent three years for a subsample of business. The aim is to determine whether female-owned businesses exhibit higher failure rates than male-owned businesses and, if so, whether this finding persists after controlling for industry differences. |
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