The 2015 Female Entrepreneurship Index

Abstract

The Female Entrepreneurship Index (FEI) seeks to identify which factors enable the flourishing of high potential female entrepreneurs — women who own and operate businesses that are innovative, market expanding, and export-oriented. Through their entrepreneurial activities, high-potential female entrepreneurs improve their own economic welfare, and contribute to the economic and social fabric of society. The FEI’s systematic approach enables cross-country comparison and benchmarking of the gender differentiated conditions that often affect high potential female entrepreneurship development.