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SUSAN MARLOW's Outputs (23)

Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital (2024)
Journal Article
Hu, X., Zimmermann, A., & Marlow, S. (2024). Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2422368

We take a new mechanism-based approach to explain how social entrepreneurship emerges from the interaction of multilevel elements, based on case study evidence from China. Informed by Coleman’s ‘boat model’ of social mechanisms, social capital theory... Read More about Multilevel causal mechanisms in social entrepreneurship: the enabling role of social capital.

‘Involuntary exit for personal reasons’ – A gendered critique of the business exit decision (2024)
Journal Article
Swail, J., & Marlow, S. (2024). ‘Involuntary exit for personal reasons’ – A gendered critique of the business exit decision. International Small Business Journal, 42(8), 966-983. https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426241256266

Women are more likely to exit from entrepreneurship for personal reasons; such exits are deemed uneventful and voluntary. We critically evaluate such assumptions by adopting a gendered critique to unpack the nature of such personal reasons arguing th... Read More about ‘Involuntary exit for personal reasons’ – A gendered critique of the business exit decision.

A nudge in the right direction? Gender-informed support by female business-incubation managers for female STEM-entrepreneurs (2024)
Journal Article
Treanor, L., & Marlow, S. (2024). A nudge in the right direction? Gender-informed support by female business-incubation managers for female STEM-entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2362838

This article critically analyzes the influence of gendered ascriptions and assumptions upon support offered by female business incubation (BI) managers to female STEM entrepreneurs. We draw upon the concept of nudges to illustrate how female managers... Read More about A nudge in the right direction? Gender-informed support by female business-incubation managers for female STEM-entrepreneurs.

Racial Capitalism and Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Feminist Labour Market Perspective on UK Self-Employment (2024)
Journal Article
Martinez Dy, A., Jayawarna, D., & Marlow, S. (2024). Racial Capitalism and Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Feminist Labour Market Perspective on UK Self-Employment. Sociology, 58(5), 1038-1060. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385241228444

This article explains entrepreneurial activity patterns in the United Kingdom labour market using theories of racial capitalism and intersectional feminism. Using UK Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey data 2018–2019 and employing prob... Read More about Racial Capitalism and Entrepreneurship: An Intersectional Feminist Labour Market Perspective on UK Self-Employment.

A ‘deviant men’ theory of business expectations in nascent entrepreneurs (2022)
Journal Article
Martiarena, A., Levie, J., Marlow, S., Hart, M., & Bonner, K. (2023). A ‘deviant men’ theory of business expectations in nascent entrepreneurs. Small Business Economics, 61(3), 909–930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00716-4

In this article, we develop a gendered analysis of the expectations of venture growth by nascent entrepreneurs. Male entrepreneurs are notably overrepresented in the small cohort of firms that attain growth; to explore this phenomenon, we draw upon e... Read More about A ‘deviant men’ theory of business expectations in nascent entrepreneurs.

The Relationship Between Gender and Promotion Over the Business Cycle: Does Firm Size Matter? (2021)
Journal Article
Saridakis, G., Ferreira, P., Mohammed, A.-M., & Marlow, S. (2022). The Relationship Between Gender and Promotion Over the Business Cycle: Does Firm Size Matter?. British Journal of Management, 33(2), 806-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12458

This paper offers a more nuanced analysis of employee promotion decisions; specifically, how they are affected by firm size, gender and stages within the business cycle. Drawing on data from Portugal, we find that during times of adverse macroeconomi... Read More about The Relationship Between Gender and Promotion Over the Business Cycle: Does Firm Size Matter?.

A Gendered Life Course Explanation of the Exit Decision in the Context of Household Dynamics (2020)
Journal Article
Jayawarna, D., Marlow, S., & Swail, J. (2021). A Gendered Life Course Explanation of the Exit Decision in the Context of Household Dynamics. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(6), 1394-1430. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720940123

Using a gendered household analysis, we explore the extent to which operating a business upon a flexible basis at specific times in the life course impacts upon an entrepreneur's exit from their business. Drawing upon UK data and a discrete-time even... Read More about A Gendered Life Course Explanation of the Exit Decision in the Context of Household Dynamics.

Developing entrepreneurial competences in biotechnology early career researchers to support long-term entrepreneurial career outcomes (2020)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., Treanor, L., Noke, H., & Mosey, S. (2021). Developing entrepreneurial competences in biotechnology early career researchers to support long-term entrepreneurial career outcomes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 164, Article 120031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120031

This paper explores how early career biotechnology researchers develop entrepreneurial competences through participation in a bespoke entrepreneurship education competition and whether this affects their longer-term entrepreneurial actions. Specifica... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial competences in biotechnology early career researchers to support long-term entrepreneurial career outcomes.

Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects (2020)
Report
Treanor, L., Jones, S., & Marlow, S. (2020). Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects. Enterprise Research Centre

The contemporary stereotypical entrepreneur is typically characterised as a middle-class, middle-aged, white male (McAdam, 2012) leading a high-growth, high turnover enterprise. In reality, most UK businesses are home based, micro or small firms owne... Read More about Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects.

Paws for thought? analysing how prevailing masculinities constrain career progression for UK women veterinary surgeons (2019)
Journal Article
Treanor, L., & Marlow, S. (2021). Paws for thought? analysing how prevailing masculinities constrain career progression for UK women veterinary surgeons. Human Relations, 74(1), 105-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719846554

The structure of veterinary medicine is changing rapidly from that of traditional small privately owned practices to one of corporate franchises, often positioned within retail outlets. Accompanying this trend has been the increasing presence of wome... Read More about Paws for thought? analysing how prevailing masculinities constrain career progression for UK women veterinary surgeons.

Exploring the false promise of entrepreneurship through a postfeminist critique of the enterprise policy discourse in Sweden and the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Ahl, H., & Marlow, S. (2021). Exploring the false promise of entrepreneurship through a postfeminist critique of the enterprise policy discourse in Sweden and the UK. Human Relations, 74(1), 41-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719848480

Exploring the false promise of entrepreneurship through a postfeminist critique of the enterprise policy discourse in Sweden and the UK. Abstract Contemporary theories of neoliberalism and entrepreneurship are entwined; both hinge upon the use of age... Read More about Exploring the false promise of entrepreneurship through a postfeminist critique of the enterprise policy discourse in Sweden and the UK.

Gender and bank lending after the global financial crisis: are women entrepreneurs safer bets? (2019)
Journal Article
Cowling, M., Marlow, S., & Liu, W. (2019). Gender and bank lending after the global financial crisis: are women entrepreneurs safer bets?. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00168-3

Using gender as a theoretical framework, we analyse the dynamics of bank lending to small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in the aftermath of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Using six waves of the SME Finance Monitor survey, we apply a formal Oa... Read More about Gender and bank lending after the global financial crisis: are women entrepreneurs safer bets?.

Gendering entrepreneurial behaviour (2019)
Book Chapter
Marlow, S., Hicks, S., & Treanor, L. (2019). Gendering entrepreneurial behaviour. In M. McAdam, & J. A. Cunningham (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Individual, Contextual and Microfoundational Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04402-2_3

This chapter critically evaluates the influence of gendered ascriptions upon entrepreneurial behaviour. Reflecting trends within the normative critique of gender and entrepreneurship focused upon women, we commence by reviewing the historical progres... Read More about Gendering entrepreneurial behaviour.

From venture idea to venture formation: the role of sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving (2019)
Journal Article
Hoyte, C., Noke, H., Mosey, S., & Marlow, S. (2019). From venture idea to venture formation: the role of sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving. International Small Business Journal, 37(3), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242618818876

This article explores the sensemaking processes entrepreneurs use when transitioning between venture ideas and venture formation. Adopting a sensemaking/sensegiving approach and utilising an interpretivist methodology, we use sensemaking to analyse t... Read More about From venture idea to venture formation: the role of sensemaking, sensegiving and sense receiving.

Emancipation through digital entrepreneurship: a critical realist analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Martinez Dy, A. C., Marlow, S., & Martin, L. (2018). Emancipation through digital entrepreneurship: a critical realist analysis. Organization, 25(5), 585-608. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418777891

Digital entrepreneurship is presented in popular discourse as a means to empowerment and greater economic participation for under-resourced and socially marginalised people. However, this emancipatory rhetoric relies on a flat ontology that does not... Read More about Emancipation through digital entrepreneurship: a critical realist analysis.

'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context (2017)
Journal Article
Swail, J., & Marlow, S. (in press). 'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2017.1406539

This paper critically analyses how gender bias impacts upon women’s efforts to legitimate nascent ventures. Given the importance of founder identity as a proxy for entrepreneurial legitimacy at nascency, we explore the identity work women undertake w... Read More about 'Embrace the masculine; attenuate the feminine': gender, identity work and entrepreneurial legitimation in the nascent context.

Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research? (2017)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., & Martinez Dy, M. (in press). Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research?. International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242617738321

This article develops a critique of contemporary approaches to analysing the impact of gender upon entrepreneurial propensity and activity. Since the 1990s, increasing attention has been afforded to the influence of gender upon women’s entrepreneuria... Read More about Annual review article: Is it time to rethink the gender agenda in entrepreneurship research?.

Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women (2017)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., Greene, F. J., & Coad, A. (2018). Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women. British Journal of Management, 29(1), 118-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12221

This paper advances contemporary gendered analyses of entrepreneurial activity by exploring self-employment amongst gay men and lesbian women. Within current entrepreneurial debate, heterosexual women have become the visible embodiment of the gendere... Read More about Advancing gendered analyses of entrepreneurship: a critical exploration of entrepreneurial activity among gay men and lesbian women.

A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory (2016)
Journal Article
Martinez Dy, A. C., Marlow, S., & Martin, L. (2017). A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory. Human Relations, 70(3), 286-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716650730

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This article critically analyses the manner in which intersectionality and related social positionality shape digital enterprise activities. Despite popular claims of meritocratic opportunity enactment within traditional... Read More about A Web of opportunity or the same old story? Women digital entrepreneurs and intersectionality theory.