A winning strategy? The employment of women and firm longevity during industrialisation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8418655
AutoresBjörn Eriksson (0000-0001-7624-4456, Lund University), Maria Stanfors (0000-0002-5007-4257, Lund University, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume57
Fascículo7
Páginas988-1004
Data de publicação2015-10-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076791.2014.993615
OpenAlexW2164647577
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas34

Why do certain firms prosper and grow old while other firms fail? Established knowledge tells us that longevity is related to the firm's ability to adapt to market conditions, through product diversification, learning-by-doing and adopting new strategies regarding technology, human resources and management. By estimating duration models using new data covering the entire Swedish tobacco industry, we find that firms employing more women were considerably less likely to fail than other firms. Industry feminisation may be seen as the outcome of a competitive process where more feminised firms as a result of their extended longevity came to dominate the industry

Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economics · Industrial organization · Industrialisation · Labour economics · Longevity · Market economy · Product (mathematics · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Marketing