"The Experience of Women Entrepreneurs in Acquiring Finance from External Finance Sources in the Netherlands: An in-Depth analysis of the Financing Process in Relation to Social Network"
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2024-07-03
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This thesis is an in-depth analysis about the concept that describes the difference between men and
women entrepreneurs in acquiring, which is the gender financing gap. In this thesis the experience of
women entrepreneurs regarding the financing process has been studied. In addi?on, the role of the
women entrepreneur’s social network within the financing process has been explored. Social network
is one of the reasons of the gender financing gap, and studies show that women and men
entrepreneurs use their social network in a different way. Therefore, the usage of the social network
has been obtained in this thesis. This has been studied using a qualita?ve approach by conduc?ng 13
semi-structured interviews with women entrepreneurs in The Netherlands.
Most of the findings of this thesis are in line with the theory about the gender financing gap.
However, there is an important discrepancy between this thesis and the literature. Most of the
women entrepreneurs in this thesis did not experience their gender being the reason for their
difficul?es concerning the financing process. Therefore, the main recommenda?on of this study is to
dive into this discrepancy further by exploring new measurement instruments and samples.
This study contributes to the literature by providing new contribu?ons to how women
entrepreneurs experience the financing process. In addi?on, this study adds new insights into how
women entrepreneurs experience the financing requirements. The main limita?on of this study is the
usage of a broad sample; therefore, the results cannot be generalized to other sectors, types of
organiza?ons and types of investments
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen