Gendered perspective of indigenous entrepreneurship

ABSTRACT

Gender perspectives can provide new insights into Indigenous entrepreneurship by examining the cultural context from which it emerged. This paper applies a gender perspective critique to Indigenous entrepreneurship by focusing on the community and social element. This builds an understanding about the way influences entrepreneurs who are involved in Indigenous business ventures. Suggestions for future research are stated, together with guidelines for Indigenous entrepreneurs and policy planners.

KEYWORDS:

• Indigenous entrepreneurship
• entrepreneurship
• ethnic entrepreneurship
• minority entrepreneurship
• gender
• social entrepreneurship

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Vanessa Ratten an Associate Professor at La Trobe Business School. She has published extensively in a variety of journals including International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Scientometrics and Journal of Business Research.

Léo-Paul Dana is a Professor at Montpellier Business School and Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University. He has published extensively in a variety of journals including British Food Journal, Cornell Quarterly, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Small Business Management and Small Business Economics.