TY - JOUR T1 - Scarcity of Women Entrepreneurs: Some Spanish Perceptions AU - Burriel, Maria Pilar Blasco- AU - Alijarde, Maria Isabel Brusca- AU - Salvador, Maria Luisa Esteban- AU - Barrafon, Margarita Labrador- JO - International Business Management VL - 10 IS - 22 SP - 5363 EP - 5375 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2016.5363.5375 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.5363.5375 KW - Women entrepreneurs KW -family balance KW -flexibility KW -women business KW -owners AB - This study analyses female entrepreneurs’ perceptions as to why male entrepreneurs outnumber them as business owners. The researchers apply the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) technique to a large database constructed from a questionnaire sent to a sample of female entrepreneurs of the region of Aragon in Spain. The results suggest that two groups of reasons explain why men outnumber women in business: variables related to family responsibilities and variables related to the decision to start a new enterprise (women’s greater aversion to taking risks, different motivations, lack of experience and lack of legitimacy as leaders). While family responsibilities are correlated with no other variable, the variables related to starting a new business are largely interconnected. ER -