“A national imperative” supporting female business owners should be a priority

By: Barbara Orser, M.B.A., Ph.D.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

One of the forces that can lead Canada out of recession is the growth of women-owned firms. Women are involved in leading half of Canadian small-and medium-sized firms, with one in five firms being majority female-owned. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports that, compared with most developed nations, women in Canada are among the most entrepreneurial.

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