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From: Louise Kelly [log in to unmask] 

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS - Due July 13, 2011

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
 NEW MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP MODELS
Praeger Publishers, 2012

Editor: Louise Kelly, Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, Alliant
International University

A two volume set:

Vol. 1:  Women Entrepreneurship: New Management and Leadership Models

Vol. 2: Women Entrepreneurship: New Management and Leadership Models in a
Global Context

 

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE:

Book chapter proposals received: July 13, 2011

Notification of accepted chapter proposals:  August 17, 2011

Receipt of full book chapters: October 17, 2011

Chapter authors receive reviews with feedback:  November 16, 2011

Final revisions due:  December 15, 2011

Book release:  2012

Submit a one-page or so chapter proposal. Please indicate which volume and
chapter, from the list below, you would like to write.   There is a little
room for adapting topics to align with your research. Also, include for each
of the co-authors a brief biography including terminal degree, current
institutional affiliation and position, and a listing of any related
publications. For each co-author include contact information, so we can
readily contact you such as: email address, mobile phone, work phone, home
phone, and Skype (if you do not mind us contacting you through these).

Send proposals and inquiries to both:

Louise Kelly [log in to unmask] 

 

As women continue to move into entrepreneurship in record numbers on a
global scale, these volumes will document and explore some of the
cutting-edge management and leadership practices being created by women to
empower themselves socially and economically through entrepreneurship and
business ownership.  These two volumes provide insights into the new
management and leadership models that women are creating as they empower
themselves socially and economically through entrepreneurship.  Globally,
business women have often been disadvantaged through the glass ceiling
effect in the developed countries and other societal and economic barriers
in developing countries. As a result, many women, at ever increasing rates,
are now choosing to create their own opportunities by establishing new
business ventures that often reflect a different approach to business.
Business has been run, to a large extent, on a male model of management and
leadership--a warrior or militaristic management style that strongly
emphasizes competitiveness and control.  In turn, women (and men) are now
experimenting with new models that focus on creating communities, networked
leadership, ethical and altruistic business models, sustainability, and
work-life balance.  These are management and leadership models that are
based as much on cooperation as competition. These models are also being
created and practiced by men; however these two volumes will address the
previously neglected and timely topic of how women entrepreneurs are
changing the face of business and society in the 21st century global
economy.  These volumes cover this topic both by reporting on empirical
research and theory and by presenting and examining the practices and
experiences of contemporary women entrepreneurs in a global context.
Readers will gain insights and knowledge that will help to empower
individual women entrepreneurs and those who work with them. 

 

SUGGESTED CHAPTER TOPICS.

Vol. 1 :  Women Entrepreneurship : New Management and Leadership Models

1. Sex and Gender in Entrepreneurship

The chapter will address the roles of sex and gender play in
entrepreneurship. Is there really something that can be defined as women
entrepreneurship? 

2. Unique Challenges for Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will identify the unique challenges that face women
entrepreneurs. 

3. Challenges of Studying Women Entrepreneurship

The chapter will consider some methodological problems associated with
studying female entrepreneurs.

4. Training Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider whether women entrepreneurs require different
training and if so what would that training would look like. 

5. Unique Management and Leadership Models of Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will explore the unique management and leadership models of
women entrepreneurs that include a networked leadership, altruistic
practices, creating communities, ethical and altruistic business models,
sustainability, and work-life balance.

6. Career Development Path of the Female Entrepreneur 

The chapter will investigate the career development path of the female
entrepreneur. 

7. Personal Value Systems of Men and Women Entrepreneurs 

The chapter will contrast the personal value systems of men and women
entrepreneurs versus managers.

8. Unique Management Skills of Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider the unique management skills that women
entrepreneurs exhibit and others they perhaps need to develop.  

9. One Woman Brand Strategies and Other Marketing Ideas

The chapter will explore the phenomenon of one woman brand strategies and
their success. 

10. Return on Investment with Women Entrepreneurs 

The chapter will explore the return on investment women entrepreneurs are
generating and how to improve it. 

11. Work-life Balance among Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider the issues of work-life balance among women
entrepreneurs considering that women still bear a disproportionate load in
child rearing and elder care. This chapter considers the theme of women
entrepreneurs who are integrating family and organizational commitments and
strategies for dealing with this. 

 

Vol 2. : Women Entrepreneurship: New Management and Leadership Models in a
Global Context

 

1. Current Global Status of Women Entrepreneurs 

The chapter will address the current global status of women entrepreneurs,
based on such studies as the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. 

2. Status Report on Women Entrepreneurship

The chapter will address the question of why women are becoming
entrepreneurs at an ever increasing rate on a global scale, in many
instances exceeding the rate of men founding businesses. 

3. Characteristics of Winning Women Entrepreneurs in Global Settings

The chapter will examine the characteristics of winning women entrepreneurs
in global settings. 

4. Economic Development of Women Entrepreneurship

The chapter will explore models for engendering growth oriented women
entrepreneurship in different global settings. 

5. Networks of Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will explore the model of networks of women entrepreneurs and
how this enables them greater access to venture capital. 

6. Multicultural/International Aspect of Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider the multicultural aspect of women entrepreneurship
in different global contexts, for example, exploring the status of
indigenous women entrepreneurs in Mexico. 

7. Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider the phenomenon of immigrant women entrepreneurs in
different cultures and how their status as outsiders influence their
business and management choices. . 

8. Rural Women Entrepreneurs

The chapter will consider strategies for improving the entrepreneurial
potential of rural women globally. 

9. Socio-economic Profile of Women Entrepreneurs in global contexts 

The chapter will present the socio-economic profile of women entrepreneurs
in global contexts.

10.  Women Entrepreneurs in NGOs

The chapter will examine the unique challenges of women entrepreneurs in the
not-for-profit sector such as NGOs. 

 

 

 


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