Edelman, Linda F.; Donnelly, Róisín; Manolova, Tatiana; … - In: International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 10 (2018) 2, pp. 134-157
Purpose: Women-led companies receive less than 5 per cent of early-stage equity investment. This paper aims to explore the disparity in equity funding between men- and women-led companies, using a social identity perspective, complemented by insights from signaling theory. We argue that in the...