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This paper explores the different dimensions of women's empowerment that can arise during the entrepreneurial process. It considers the changes in these dimensions as women advance in the development of their new ventures, differentiating characteristics according to the context (urban or rural). Another contribution refers to which empowerment factors developed by female entrepreneurs are key to reducing poverty. The proposal develops a multiple correspondence analysis and an ordered probit model, with data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Colombia. The results make it possible to identify what is needed to strengthen the empowerment of women through entrepreneurship, and the resources available for this. Furthermore, the relationship found between economic empowerment factors and family income provides evidence for the importance of empowerment for poverty reduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper it is proven that the entrepreneurial stance on SMEs has a positive influence on export performance. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database from 2011 is used for a sample of 320 exporting SMEs. Using structural equation modeling, a positive effect is proven of entrepreneurial characteristics, internal and external, and access to government resources on entrepreneurial stance. With these results, the SMEs can recognize their weaknesses and strengths on internal resources and their environment, and take steps to improve their export performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes if the strategic choice perspective contributes to generating and describing different basic types of work, beyond the proposals stated in contingent theory. The analysis of the hypotheses formulated through a study of a quantitative nature shows that the variables that mainly explain the differences among types of work (and that characterize the strategic choice perspective) are the variables that refer to the perception of the environment, in particular those that measure its degree of complexity and dynamism. To a lesser degree, the variable entrepreneur leadership style also influences the definition of the work characteristics. The relevance of that variable has to do with the logical requirements proper to autonomous, innovative work. Under those circumstances, the entrepreneurship style will be needed not only for top management but also for the workers involved in doing complex skilled work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]