This volume presents current research on gender studies in the specific context of the
knowledge economy. Featuring contributions from the 2017 Annual Ipazia the Scientific
Observatory for Gender Studies Workshop on Gender this book investigates gender issues and
female entrepreneurship from social economic corporate organizational and management
perspectives with particular emphasis on advancing the understanding of gender in business and
economic research.The post-industrial knowledge economy is characterized by an emphasis on
human capital as the real engine of sustainable growth and development. With women comprising
an increasing share of the global workforce gender studies play a central role in exploring
and understanding the attitudes and skills of women in business and their impact on economic
and social development. Gender inequality in public and private contexts is decreasing due to
an increase of women in leadership roles in business the expansion and diversity of females in
education and a larger presence of women in policymaking roles. Ipazia the Scientific
Observatory for Gender Studies aims to define an updated framework of research service and
projects on women and gender relations to highlight the evolution of gender in business and
economics. This volume features contributions on female-owned family business gender diversity
in organizations gender capital and immigration from the 2017 Ipazia workshop.
