Research Summaries by Date
Research Summaries · 1993–2006 · Washington, DC
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2005
5-19-2005
Press Release
Wells Fargo Accepts Center for Women’s Business Research Award
Center for Women’s Business Research
WASHINGTON, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research presented its 2005 Corporate Leading by Example Award to Wells Fargo & Company, at the Center’s 11th Annual Executive Roundtable on April 27…
5-10-2005
Press Release
Women Entrepreneurs Seek Knowledge To Grow Their Businesses and Support Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Women business owners came together in a series of three Entrepreneurial Dialogues to discuss findings from the Center for Women’s Business Research which show that women…
3-3-2005
Press Release
MassMutual Financial Group Begins Eighth Year as Corporate Sponsor With Center for Women’s Business Research
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Center for Women’s Business Research is pleased to announce that the MassMutual Financial Group is starting its eighth year as a corporate sponsor. MassMutual is a premier corporate…
3-1-2005
Press Release
Center for Women’s Business Research And IBM to Partner on Roundtable and Research
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research, the leading source of knowledge and information about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide, announced today that Marilyn D.…
2-24-2005
Press Release
OppenheimerFunds Renews Corporate Partnership With Center for Women’s Business Research
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research is pleased to announce that its corporate partnership with OppenheimerFunds will continue in 2005. OppenheimerFunds is a premier corporate…
2-10-2005
Press Release
The Center for Women’s Business Research Announces OPEN: The Small Business Network SM To Continue as Corporate Partner
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research is pleased to announce that OPEN: The Small Business Network from American Express is entering its fourth year as a premier corporate…
1-25-2005
Press Release
Wells Fargo & Company Begins 10th Year As Center for Women’s Business Research Corporate Partner
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research and Wells Fargo & Company are celebrating 10 years of corporate partnership in 2005.
1-21-2005
Press Release
Center for Women’s Business Research Announces New Board Members
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research is proud to announce the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors.
1-11-2005
Press Release
Center for Women’s Business Research Elects New Chair
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research has announced that Marjorie Alfus, President of Alfus Family, L.P. has been named Chair of the Board of Directors.
2004
11-16-2004
Press Release
Businesses Owned by Women of Color Growing Faster than the Overall Economy
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Firms owned by women of color are growing at six times the rate of all U.S. firms, according to estimates released today by the Center for Women’s Business Research and underwritten…
9-20-2004
Press Release
Women-Owned Businesses Continue to Grow in Top 50 Metropolitan Areas
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Women-owned businesses increasingly are driving the economic health of the top 50 metropolitan areas through job creation and generating revenues. In a report released today, the…
8-10-2004
Press Release
Multi-Year Study Shows Training and Mentoring Have Positive Effect on Women-Owned Business Start-ups
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – A three-year study released today provides evidence that the services offered by Women’s Business Centers strengthened the business skills of women starting new ventures, and that…
6-30-2004
Press Release
Well Positioned for Continued Growth
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – A myth-shattering study shows that women business owners are more willing than the general population to take financial risks. The study, Worth the Risk: Women Business Owners and…
5-26-2004
Press Release
IBM Accepts Center for Women’s Business Research Award
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research presented its 2004 Corporate Leading by Example Award to the IBM Corporation, at the Center’s 10th Annual Executive Roundtable on April 28 in…
4-28-2004
Press Release
Biennial Update on Women-Owned Businesses Documents Substantial Economic Impact
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – The Center for Women’s Business Research released its biennial update on the state of women’s entrepreneurship today showing that women own a 50% or greater stake in nearly half of…
3-17-2004
Research Summary
Women and Men Owners of Million-Dollar Firms Use Different Growth Strategies
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Women- and men-owned businesses with revenues at or exceeding a million dollars have key differences despite sharing business goals and practices. Women are less likely than their…
2003
10-20-2003
Research Summary
Center for Women’s Business Research Awards Best Paper on Women’s Entrepreneurship
Center for Women’s Business Research
WASHINGTON, DC — Jennifer Cliff, Nancy Langton and Howard Aldrich have received the Center for Women’s Business Research’s annual Best Women’s Entrepreneurship Paper Award. Their paper, “On Their Own…
7-17-2003
Research Summary
Methods that Work for Creating Corporate Clients, A Resource Guide for Women Business Owners
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, D.C.—July 17, 2003—Women entrepreneurs now have a one-stop resource guide to help them be successful in one of the nation’s largest business markets, corporate America. Methods that Work…
6-24-2003
Research Summary
Women are Seizing Entrepreneurial Opportunities Propelled by Public and Private Sector Programs
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC—June 24, 2003—The growth of women’s entrepreneurship, driven by access to capital, markets, and networks has outpaced the growth of all businesses by 1.5 to 2 times. A new report…
5-6-2003
Research Summary
Nearly Half of All Privately Held U. S. Businesses are Women-Owned
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC—May 6, 2003—Just released figures expand the picture of the economic impact of women-owned firms and show that they continue to expand faster than all businesses. The figures were…
2-27-2003
Research Summary
"Asian Women Business Owners in the United States" A Fact Sheet
Center for Women’s Business Research
Center for Women’s Business Research conducted a survey of women business owners of color from mid-April through the end of May 2002. Wells Fargo was the exclusive sponsor. The overall study findings…
2-4-2003
Research Summary
Access To Markets: Landmark Study Reveals Opportunities and Obstacles For Women Business Owners Doing Business With Corporations
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – A first-ever study released today examines the track record of women’s business enterprises seeking entry to corporate markets. While women’s business enterprises are earning a…
2002
12-10-2002
Research Summary
High Net Worth Women and Men Investors: Common Strategies, Equal Expertise
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – High net worth women investors are as likely as high net worth men to be involved, active, and engaged in the investing process and seek similar investment goals. More than half of…
10-22-2002
Research Summary
Growth is Key Focus for All Women Entrepreneurs, Regardless of Ethnic Background
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Successful women entrepreneurs come from all ethnic and racial backgrounds. Further, the similarities among all ethnic groups on key business issues far exceed any differences.
9-10-2002
Research Summary
Center Awards Best Paper on Women’s Entrepreneurship
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Dr. Stephen Mueller, Assistant Professor of Management at the M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, has been selected to receive Center for Women’s Business…
8-27-2002
Research Summary
New Analysis Documents Employment and Revenue Distribution of Women-Owned Firms in 2002
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Center for Women’s Business Research’s biennial update on trends in women-owned businesses for 2002 documented that there are 6.2 million majority-owned, privately-held women-owned…
7-16-2002
Research Summary
One in 18 U.S. Women is a Business Owner
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Over one in 18 adult women in the U.S. – 5.7% – is a business owner. Alaska boasts the highest rate of female entrepreneurship, with 9.4% of the adult women in the state owning…
5-21-2002
Research Summary
Groundbreaking, Multi-Year Study Underway of Newly Launched Women-Owned Firms
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- A groundbreaking, new project is underway to explore the impact of training, technical assistance, and other factors on newly started women-owned firms.
4-15-2002
Research Summary
Majority of Women Business Owners Influenced By Environmental Friendliness
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- A strong majority of women business owners are influenced by environmental considerations when making consumer purchasing decisions. A research brief released today by Center for…
2001
12-18-2001
Research Summary
Number of Minority Women-Owned Businesses Expected to Reach 1.2 Million in 2002
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Businesses owned by women of color are growing in number at rates exceeding all women-owned firms and the national average, according to a new report from Center for Women’s…
12-4-2001
Research Summary
Number of Women-Owned Businesses Expected To Reach 6.2 Million in 2002
Center for Women’s Business Research
Number of Women-Owned Businesses Expected To Reach 6.2 Million in 2002 Sales to surpass $1 trillion, growth rates continue to exceed national averages
11-13-2001
Research Summary
Largest Women-owned Firms Demonstrate Increasing Economic Power
Center for Women’s Business Research
LARGEST WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS DEMONSTRATE INCREASING ECONOMIC POWER Largest women-owned businesses show strongest growth rates Women-owned businesses as creditworthy as all firms
10-2-2001
Research Summary
Entrepreneurs Increase Reliance on Internet
Center for Women’s Business Research
ENTREPRENEURS INCREASE RELIANCE ON INTERNET Women go online to increase flexibility and to find new business opportunities
8-21-2001
Research Summary
New Generation of Women Entrepreneurs Achieving Business Success
Center for Women’s Business Research
NEW GENERATION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACHIEVING BUSINESS SUCCESS Gender differences are getting smaller, but access to and use of capital remain key issues
7-10-2001
Research Summary
Fast-Growth Women and Men Entrepreneurs Take Different Paths to Business Success
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Women business owners are less likely than their men counterparts to have a mentor before opening a business, but more likely to consult outside sources on business management and…
4-4-2001
Research Summary
Women-owned Businesses Continue to Expand Faster than the Economy
Center for Women’s Business Research
Women-owned Businesses Continue to Expand Faster than the Economy New Census Bureau report “paints incomplete picture” of women-owned firms
2-28-2001
Research Summary
On The Move: Women and Men Business Owners in the United Kingdom
Center for Women’s Business Research
Research sponsored by IBM finds successful women entrepreneurs require greater access to capital and business training to support their business growth.
2-27-2001
Research Summary
New Survey Shows Traits of Women Owners of Fast-Growth Businesses
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC – Women who own fast-growth businesses are more likely than women who own slower-growing firms to access a wide range of credit sources and to borrow to finance their businesses. These…
2000
11-14-2000
Research Summary
Survey Finds Business Owners Are Philanthropic Leaders
Center for Women’s Business Research
Survey Finds Business Owners Are Philanthropic Leaders Women entrepreneurs more likely than men to fill leadership roles as volunteers for charities
9-26-2000
Research Summary
Latina Entrepreneurs: An Economic Force in the U.S
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC - Latina-owned firms are an integral part of the fabric of business in the United States. Many Hispanic women entrepreneurs were born in this country and own long-established…
9-19-2000
Research Summary
Business Owners and Gender Equity in the Workplace
Center for Women’s Business Research
In 1997, the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO), with the support of the IBM Corporation, conducted a survey to examine the usage of information technology among women and men…
8-24-2000
Research Summary
What Drives Fast-Growing, Women-Owned Firms?
Center for Women’s Business Research
WASHINGTON, DC - A new study just launched by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) will examine the motivations and visions of growth-oriented women- and men-owned enterprises.…
8-23-2000
Research Summary
Women Business Owners in Argentina consider access to leading technology the key for their success
Center for Women’s Business Research
IBM Argentina presented the “Study on Women and Men Business Owners in Argentina” based on 602 interviews with business owners in Argentina
7-18-2000
Research Summary
Women-Owned Firms Attract Investors for Business Growth
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC - A new generation of women entrepreneurs is tapping into the equity markets, including venture capital and private investment, according to a new study announced today from the…
1999
12-1-1999
Research Summary
Business Women Drive Consumer Purchasing
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Business women are the primary decision-makers in their households fully two-thirds or more of the time when purchasing a variety of goods and services for their homes -- such as…
11-12-1999
Research Summary
Business Women of Achievement Are Independent Philanthropists
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC - Accomplished women business owners and corporate executives are independent, decisive and generous philanthropists. Fully 74% created their personal wealth on their own and 84% make…
9-3-1999
Research Summary
Impact of Research About Women Entrepreneurs is Recognized
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC-The National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) was recognized recently at an international conference for its decade of groundbreaking research that has created new…
6-29-1999
Research Summary
Women-Owned Businesses Thrive in Nation's Top 50 Metro Areas
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, D.C.-The employment and revenues generated by women-owned businesses have more than doubled since 1992 in the majority of the nation’s 50 top metropolitan areas, according to a 1999…
5-11-1999
Research Summary
Women-Owned Businesses Top 9 Million in 1999
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- The number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. has more than doubled during the past 12 years, according to a new report by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners.…
4-29-1999
Research Summary
Women Entrepreneurs In Canada Focused on Growth
Center for Women’s Business Research
MARKHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA-Women entrepreneurs are focused on profitability and building strong and growing businesses, according to a new study released by IBM Canada Ltd. and the Women Business…
3-5-1999
Research Summary
Characteristics of Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide Are Revealed
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC-Women business owners from 16 countries around the world voiced optimism about the outlook for their businesses, reported the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO), a…
1-20-1999
Research Summary
Women Business Owners Upbeat for 1999
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC - Women business owners are optimistic about the future health of their businesses and they predict that their firms’ revenues and profits will increase in 1999 compared to 1998,…
1998
12-16-1998
Research Summary
Women Entrepreneurs Take Lead in Plans for Investing
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC-Among business owners who do not currently invest in stocks or mutual funds, women entrepreneurs are twice as likely as their male counterparts to begin investing in the coming year.…
11-17-1998
Research Summary
Access to Credit Continues to Improve for Women Business Owners
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Women business owners are seeking bank credit for their firms with greater frequency, obtaining credit in greater amounts, and continuing to use credit for business expansion. However,…
10-28-1998
Research Summary
Las Mujeres Empresarias: Una Fuerza Economica Emergente en Mexico
Center for Women’s Business Research
Con soluciones estratgicas a la medida, IBM apoya el desarrollo de la pequeña y mediana empresa Revela investigación que el 14 por ciento del empresariado está representado por mujeres
10-15-1998
Research Summary
Women-Owned Firms Are Selling to Governments, Corporations
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC A significant number of women business owners sell products and services to government agencies and large corporations. However, women-owned firms are less likely than men-owned firms…
7-22-1998
Research Summary
Ireland's Women-Owned Firms are Thriving
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC The majority of women business owners in Ireland are planning to expand their businesses over the next two years, according to a survey conducted by IBM and analyzed by the National…
4-28-1998
Research Summary
Women of All Races Share Entrepreneurial Spirit
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Women business owners, one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy, share the same rewards and frustrations of business ownership regardless of ethnicity. However, women…
3-3-1998
Research Summary
Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide Voice Optimism
Center for Women’s Business Research
Women business leaders from around the world are optimistic about their business prospects and their countries’ economies, according to recent surveys conducted by the National Foundation for Women…
2-24-1998
Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Ideas Motivate Women to Start Businesses
Center for Women’s Business Research
The primary reason that women are launching new businesses is that they are inspired by an entrepreneurial idea. The next most frequently stated reason women give for starting their businesses is…
1997
12-19-1997
Research Summary
Technology Boosts Growth in Home-Based Businesses
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Women are just as likely to use communications and computer technologies in their home-based businesses as are men, according to a new study published by the National Foundation for…
11-13-1997
Research Summary
Women Business Owners Give Priority to Retirement Plans
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC-Among companies that do not have a retirement plan, women business owners are discussing the issue of retirement with greater frequency than men business owners, and a greater share of…
9-30-1997
Research Summary
Women Entrepreneurs Embrace the Internet and Information Technology
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Women entrepreneurs are taking a more proactive approach than men business owners in their adoption of new technology and use of the Internet to grow their businesses. A new report…
6-25-1997
Research Summary
Minority Women-Owned Firms Thriving
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Businesses owned by women of color are growing three times faster than the overall rate of business growth in the U.S., announced the National Foundation for Women Business Owners…
4-14-1997
Research Summary
First Selection of Leading Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC, USA Leading women entrepreneurs from around the world have been identified for the first time by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO). Fifty women business…
3-26-1997
Research Summary
Women-Owned Firms Increase in 50 Metro Areas
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Women-owned businesses are growing faster than the overall economy in each of the top 50 metropolitan areas in the U.S., announced the National Foundation for Women Business Owners…
2-28-1997
Research Summary
Women Entrepreneurs are a Growing International Trend
Center for Women’s Business Research
Women’s History Month (March) and International Women’s Day (March 8) will offer many opportunities to report on the rising tide of entrepreneurship among women throughout the world. The following is…
1996
12-2-1996
Research Summary
Growth of Women-Led Businesses in Canada
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, D.C. -- Women-led firms are creating new jobs in Canada at four times the national average and are increasing in number at twice the national average, a new Canadian study reveals. The…
12-1-1996
Research Summary
Women and Men Entrepreneurs Differ on Technology Purchase Decisions
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Women-owned businesses are as likely as men-owned businesses to invest in and use computers and information technology. However, women entrepreneurs differ from men entrepreneurs in…
10-17-1996
Research Summary
Women Business Owners Make Progress in Access to Capital
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC Substantial progress has been made in access to capital for women business owners according to a new study by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO). Compared to…
5-24-1996
Research Summary
Women Business Owners: Leaders in Volunteerism
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC --Women business owners participate in volunteer activities at a significantly higher rate than the average adult and the average business owner in the U.S. Nearly eight in 10 women…
3-27-1996
Research Summary
Women Business Owners' Economic Impact Re-Affirmed
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Women-owned businesses employ one out of every four workers in the United States, according to the 1996 Facts on Women-Owned Businesses report released today by the National…
1995
11-16-1995
Research Summary
Home-Based Women-Owned Businesses Number and Employ Millions
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC--Home-based women-owned businesses in the U.S. number 3.5 million and provide full or part-time employment for an estimated 14 million people. In today’s economy, home-based businesses…
9-29-1995
Research Summary
NFWBO Wins Grant To Study Women-Owned Business in Russia
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- The National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO), in partnership with the Ural Women’s Association, has won a grant to conduct a research study among women-owned businesses…
4-26-1995
Research Summary
Technology Key to Growth and Success of Women-Owned Businesses
Center for Women’s Business Research
April 26, 1995, White Plains, NY--Women business owners are savvy consumers of information technology, according to a new study of women-owned businesses nationwide. They consider information…
4-11-1995
Research Summary
Women-Owned Businesses Outpace All U.S. Firms
Center for Women’s Business Research
WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 11, 1995 -- Women-owned businesses now employ 35 percent more people in the U.S. than the Fortune 500 companies employ worldwide, according to a national study announced today…
3-17-1995
Research Summary
Women-Owned Firms Are Going Global
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Women-owned firms participating in the global marketplace are growing more rapidly than women-owned businesses which are primarily domestic. Yet, as expansion-oriented as these…
1994
12-10-1994
Research Summary
Women Business Owners More Likely Than Other Businesses To Use Computer Technology In Their Companies
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Women business owners with 50 or fewer employees are almost 2/3 more likely than other businesses of the same size to use computer technology in their businesses, according to a new…
9-30-1994
Research Summary
Credibility and Independence: Women Business Owners Voice Greatest Challenges and Biggest Rewards of Entrepreneurship
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Their greatest challenge is being taken seriously proving their capability and establishing their business’ credibility. Their biggest reward is the empowerment that comes with…
7-19-1994
Research Summary
New Study Quantifies Thinking and Management Style Difference Between Women and Men Business Owners
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC --Women and men business owners have different styles of success, according to a new report from the National Foundation for Women Business Owners, “Styles of Success, The Thinking and…
5-17-1994
Research Summary
Women-Owned Businesses Lead the Way in Providing Employee Benefits
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC -- Women business owners are more likely than all businesses to offer flex-time, tuition reimbursement and job sharing, according to the National Foundation for Women Business Owners’…
1993
11-1-1993
Research Summary
Women Financing the Business: A Report On Financial Issues From the 1992 Biennial Survey
Center for Women’s Business Research
Washington, DC--Despite the fact that women-owned businesses have shown significant growth in recent years, a report released by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) has found…