National Women's Business Council

Papers/Op-Ed Articles

2007 International Council for Small Business Best Paper Award for Women’s Entrepreneurship - In June 2007, the National Women's Business Council and the International Council for Small Business presented a best paper award to Barbara Orser, Martine Spence, and Allan Riding of the University of Ottawa in Canada, as well as Christine A. Carrington of the Small Business Policy Branch of Industry Canada, for their paper, “Export Propensity and Performance: Understanding the Influence of Gender.”

In November 2006, the National Women’s Business Council sent a letter to the Federal Reserve Board conveying its concern in the Board’s decision to stop producing the Survey of Small Business Finances, which studies the various sources of financing sought and used by small businesses, with breakdowns by gender and ethnicity. Additional comments were submitted in May 2006.

Best Paper Award -In June 2004, the National Women's Business Council and the International Council for Small Business presented their inaugural best paper award for analysis focused on women's entrepreneurship to Dr. Kojo Saffu of Brock University in Ontario, Canada, and Dr. Takyiwaa Manu of the University of Ghana for their paper, Strategic Capabilities of Ghanaian Female Business Owners and the Performance of Their Ventures.

Support for Women's Enterprise Development in the United States: Lessons Learned , published in December 2002, provides an overview of how far women in business have come and lessons learned along the way.