A case study of women entrepreneur’s opportunities and challenges in the USA

Abstract

In recent years, the study of women entrepreneurship has experienced great growth, gaining a broad consensus among academics, and contributing above all to understanding all those factors that explain the difficulty of women in undertaking an entrepreneurial career. Female entrepreneurs represent the fastest growing category of entrepreneurship worldwide and have received, especially in recent years, the attention of many academics. According to the emerging literature, women can make a significant contribution to entrepreneurial activity and economic development in terms of creating new jobs and increasing the gross domestic product (GDP). Women entrepreneurship additionally has positive impacts on reducing poverty in most societies. The percentage of women who decide to pursue an entrepreneurial career is, however, lower than that of men and this difference is greater as the level of development of the country increases.