The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Women's Entrepreneurship

Authors

  • Kaustav Misra Saginaw Valley State University
  • Ersa Memili University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Dianne Welsh University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Hanging (Chevy) Fang Mississippi State University

Abstract

Women entrepreneurs around the world have increasingly contributed to innovation, employment, and wealth creation (Brush & Cooper, 2012; Brush, de Bruin, & Welter, 2009). Studies suggest that foreign direct investment can be an important determinant of entrepreneurship in general. However, the link between foreign ventures and women entrepreneurs remains under-researched. Therefore, we suggest that the presence of foreign ventures affects women's entrepreneurship. We develop and test our model on cross-sectional data encompassing 36 countries in 2006. The results show that foreign direct investment and women's entrepreneurship have an inverted u-shaped relationship. Implications for further research and public policy are discussed.

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The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Women’s Entrepreneurship. (2014). Journal of Small Business Strategy (archive Only), 24(1), 45-60. https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/jsbs/article/view/188