Abstract
Although according to previous studies, female enterprises are smaller, younger, and fewer than male-led ones, gender studies represent a significant part of the economic literature, which is increasing and expanding its boundaries in the most varied fields of study. This paper aims to analyse how economic literature is facing women-led start-ups (WSs) (RQ1); classify the main foci of analysis in the extant literature (RQ2); identify thriving future research areas (RQ3). The analysis is conducted through a Structured Literature Review (SLR) methodology, a literature classification widely used in business studies. SLR allows classifying scientific works based on: Article focus; Research area; Geographic area; Research method. The present work considers 311 studies among articles, conference papers, book chapters, and books identified on the SCOPUS database. This paper implements gender studies about entrepreneurship and, mainly, about female enterprises in their start-up phase. It classifies all the studies focused on the selected topic, outlining the main issues dealt with and those that still need to be explored or remain in the shadows.
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