Does gender matter for corporate entrepreneurship? A cross-countries study

Abstract The accumulated knowledge about corporate entrepreneurship has provided a better understanding of its antecedents and consequences. Corporate activities are strongly related to incremental or disruptive innovation processes. However, academic debates demand novel conceptual framework understand the gendered workforce’s contribution initiatives worldwide. This study hypothesizes that workforce similar capabilities (skills, ability detect opportunities, networks) engage in entrepreneurship. Therefore, any gender differences could be explained by influence country-level conditions (gender equality levels, culture, social norms). We tested these hypotheses with sample 50,550 employees from 50 countries. Our results support extending literature provoking an interesting discussion academics, managers, employees, policymakers.