The Role of Women in Founding Top Startups Worldwide
The Role of Women in Founding Top Startups Worldwide

Author(s): Katia Giusepponi, Ernesto Tavoletti
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Startup; Women co-founders; Founding team; Role of women in startups
Summary/Abstract: The work investigates the role of women as co-founders of globally successful startups, particularly their impact on the company’s mission and vision. The authors’ initial research on entrepreneurial and organizational profiles in top startups worldwide underlined that the presence of women as co-founders of globally successful startups is very limited (Giusepponi, Tavoletti & Tosi, 2019). The study presented here highlights that a female presence in the founding team supports the sharing of the vision and the effectiveness of the mission, and these elements are reflected in the organizational culture, specifically in the sense of corporate belonging and cohesion. This study is based on secondary sources derived from advanced analyses in terms of connections between variables within the startups studied. From an advancement perspective, the research could be deepened by studying other impact profiles and, considering that it is here limited to 109 top global startups, extended to other entrepreneurial realities.

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