Exploring the financing gap between native born women‐ and immigrant women‐owned firms at the start‐up stage

Empirical evidence from Swedish data

Bibliographic Data

ID12928002
AuthorsSaeid Abbasian (0000-0002-5108-7252, Mid Sweden University, corresponding author), Darush Yazdanfar (Mid Sweden University)
Year2013
Volume5
Issue2
Pages157-173
Publication date2013-06-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-6266 • E-ISSN: 1756-6274
PublisherEmerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1108/17566261311328837
OpenAlexW1604035033
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited16

Purpose The main purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence which identifies the impact of ethnicity and other relevant variables on external capital acquisition among Swedish women‐owned businesses at start‐up. Design/methodology/approach Several methods have been employed to analyze the sample including a binary logistic regression model. The sample consists of 836 women‐owned businesses in southeast Sweden; 97 immigrant‐owned, 739 native born‐owned. Findings The results indicate that there are partly significant differences between native women‐owned firms and immigrant woman‐owned businesses at start‐up. Unlike the native‐owned firms, the immigrant woman‐owned businesses rely more on loans from family members and less on bank loans. Practical implications The results reveal that age has a positive impact on loans from family members, while the additional job outside one's own business, the amount of the owner's personal start‐up capital and firm size positively influenced access to capital from banks. The owners' level of education, previous business experience, the legal form taken by the firm and the industry affiliation conversely played no significant role in explaining the women owners' attitudes toward loans from either friends or the bank. Originality/value To the authors' knowledge, this study is the first empirical investigation addressing this issue in the Swedish context

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