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Women In Business in Spain:
Mujerynegocios.com: is a leading business portal on the Internet with
information exclusively for women entrepreneurs. It offers the opportunity
for companies, businesswomen, female entrepreneurs and professionals to
advertise, sell, buy and open up new markets. It likewise provides strategic
information for companies. Created in 1997, it has become a reference for
businesswomen.
http://www.mujerynegocios.com/articulo16.htm
According to an article on this website, a female entrepreneur is
characterised by the following features:
• The need to obtain results: this means possessing sufficient drive to
motivate a person into achieving results
• The desire for responsibility: the female entrepreneur is inclined to use
her own resources as she sees most fit to attain the goals she has set
herself. She will work in a team if that will help to obtain results.
• A preference for moderate risks: the female entrepreneur works with the
assurance that she will obtain results. She sets herself general goals in the
belief that she has the skills and abilities to attain them.
• The perception of the likelihood of success: a significant trait in the
personality of the female entrepreneur is being confident of success.
• A great activity: the enterprising woman is usually someone who carries out
many activities. “Achieving” is high on her list of priorities, and she looks
towards the future, tries to detect market trends and anticipate
opportunities.
• The ability to organise and to innovate: she organises people and tasks,
and has the capacity to improve a product or existing service, or to create
something new.
• Tolerance of ambiguity, adaptability and perseverance: a female
entrepreneur is able to define her objectives, be realistic about them and
define the way to achieve them.
According to data from the “Women's World Bank”, 50% of new companies in the
European Union are created by women. Spain is one of the countries with the
smallest percentage of female entrepreneurs.
http://www.aprendemas.com/Noticias/html/N792_F21042005.HTML
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