Resource Category: Women

  • September 27, 2011
    On behalf of the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), Hart Research conducted two focus groups on August 31, 2011, among…
  • September 13, 2011
    Despite recent gains, women still lag behind men on key measures of start-up activity, and their firms tend not to…
  • September 12, 2011
    The most recent in Advocacy’s periodic series of reports on businesses owned by women and men.
  • April 27, 2011
    Mentor-Protégé Programs exist in many federal agencies to help small businesses gain technical and business skills from large prime contractors…
  • March 17, 2011
    Using data from the three most recent business census surveys, the most recent just published in December 2010, this report…
  • October 27, 2010
    This paper provides a foundation for the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) to develop and launch a major initiative targeted…
  • October 19, 2010
    Is microenterprise development an effective job creation strategy during a recession? Key findings on women who entered employment, self-employment, providing…
  • June 27, 2010
    On June 16, 2010, a summit of women business owners was held in Salem, Massachusetts, at the historic Hawthorne Hotel.…
  • January 20, 2010
    This Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report seeks to understand global differences in the frequency and nature of women’s entrepreneurship, and makes…
  • December 19, 2009
    This paper compares earnings of Latina entrepreneurs to both Latina wage/salary workers and to self-employed female non-Hispanic whites. Latina entrepreneurs…