@article {kamberidou2010women, title = {Women Entrepreneurs, An Emerging Economic Force (Press Corner http://www.womanatbusiness.eu/ViewShopStaticPage.aspx?ValueId=2901)}, journal = {European Commission Enterprise and Industry}, number = {submitted paper at the w@b Round Table}, year = {2010}, publisher = {Global Women News: http://www.szocialispartnerek.hu/digitalcity/news/all.jsp?dom=AAAATCEI\&ktg=AAAABCOX\&fmn=AAAAYFZU\&prt=AAAAYFYZ\&page=1\&men=AAAAYFYZ Also in: http://www.dab.hu/digitalcity/entity/entityNews.jsp?dom=AAAAGVPY\&hir=BAAFKBUE\&prt=AAAAGRJ}, abstract = {
This paper argues for the support of women entrepreneurs and policies encouraging entrepreneurship regardless of gender in order to stimulate growth \ as Europe does not have enough entrepreneurs. Surveys conducted by the National Foundation of Women Business Owners (NFWBO) show that women-owned firms compete in the global market, stimulate growth, have greater revenues and are more focused on business expansion than firms that are domestically oriented.1 Women entrepreneurs have a significant impact on the economy, not only in their ability to create jobs for themselves but also in creating jobs for others. However, they constitute only 34.4\% of the EU{\textquoteright}s self-employed workforce and only 39.4\% women choose to be self-employed compared to 50.2\% men \ Research also confirms that women entrepreneurs are highly educated and use more high technology systems than their male counterparts. \ Additionally, studies show that women create smaller but relatively more viable enterprises, are more cautious than men and possess better awareness regarding the risk of failure. \ Consequently, it is vital for women to learn how to play the international trade game and raise the visibility of women{\textquoteright}s entrepreneurship.
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Kamberidou, Irene (2010). Women Entrepreneurs, an Emerging Economic Force. Submitted Paper for the {\textquotedblleft}SMEs and Entrepreneurship: European Actions for Women Entrepreneurs{\textquotedblright} Round Table on Women Entrepreneurship organized by the Transnational Consortium of the European project women@business and the Hellenic Association of Young Entrepreneurs, 14th December 2010, Hellenic European Parliament Office, 8 Amalias street, Athens, Greece. European Commission Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme 2007-2013. (info@militos.org). Published in EUD Community http://www.ictwomendirectory.eu (December 18, 2010 11:40 AM); in\ ECWT www.womenandtechnology.eu (December 18, 2010 11:18 AM Dec. 2010). Also disseminated in women@business website (www.womenatbusiness.eu)\ and in Home page: http://www.womenatbusiness.eu/ViewShopStaticPage.aspx?ValueId=2901. G.4 in Apella
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\ Global Women News: http://www.hajduszoboszlo.hu.com/digitalcity/entity/entityNews.jsp?dom=AAAATCEI\&prt=AAAAYFWY\&egd=AAABEAOW\&hir=BAAFKBUE
\ European Network of Women Resource Centres, Dec. 18, 2010 (http://www.szocialispartnerek.hu/digitalcity/entity/entityNews.jsp?ktg=AAAABCOX\&dom=AAAABIVV\&prt=AAAAUSFE\&egd=AAABEAOW
Also disseminated/pulbished in: EUD Community\ http://www.ictwomendirectory.eu (December 18, 2010 11:40 AM) \ και στο ECWT www.womenandtechnology.eu (December 18, 2010 11:18 AM\ Dec. 2010).\
Also disseminated in women@business (www.womenatbusiness.eu and http://www.womenatbusiness.eu/Files/files/Dr.pdf\ \ \