Gender Bias and Venture Funding: Discussing Bias in the Entrepreneurship Classroom
Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
We report on the findings from an in-class experiment that represents a learning innovation which can enable classroom-based conversations about bias in the domain of entrepreneurship. More specifically, the present learning innovation explores gender bias in venture funding with regard to entrepreneurship. In an introduction to entrepreneurship class, we randomly assigned students to one of the three experimental conditions—students evaluated an executive summary for a venture either written by a woman, or a man, or one in which the gender was neutral (i.e., the control group). Students acted as if they were considering an investment and reported whether, for example, the executive summary was well written as well as how much equity they would want in the venture as a potential investor. Overall, these results provide evidence consistent with the inference that the students sampled in this study did not use gender as a decision-making heuristic when evaluating entrepreneurial opportunities. We discuss the results of our experiment and describe (a) how to replicate this activity, (b) how to discuss this in the classroom, and (c) how to adapt this activity to explore other types of bias (e.g., race, ethnicity, weight-based, etc.).
bias, entrepreneurship, funding, gender, venture
Michaelis, Timothy L.; Pollack, Jeffrey M.; Mulvey, Paul; Ritter, Beth M.; and Carr, Jon C., "Gender Bias and Venture Funding: Discussing Bias in the Entrepreneurship Classroom" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 238.
Department of Management
Gender Bias na Venture Funding: Kuzungumzia Bias katika Entrepreneurship Classroom Entrepreneurship Elimu na Pedagogy Sisi ripoti juu ya matokeo kutoka majaribio katika darasa kwamba inawakilisha kujifunza ubunifu ambayo inaweza kuwezesha mazungumzo darasani-msingi kuhusu upendeleo katika uwanja wa ujasiriamali. Hasa, ubunifu wa kujifunza wa sasa unachunguza upendeleo wa kijinsia katika ufadhili wa biashara kwa habari ya ujasiriamali. Katika darasa la ujasiriamali, tulipewa wanafunzi moja ya hali tatu za majaribio: wanafunzi walipima muhtasari wa mtendaji wa mradi ulioandikwa na mwanamke au mwanamume au mmoja ambao jinsia ilikuwa na usawa (yaani, kikundi cha kudhibiti). Wanafunzi walifanya kama kwamba walikuwa wakizingatia uwekezaji na kuripoti ikiwa, kwa mfano, muhtasari wa mtendaji uliandikwa vizuri na vile vile wangependa kiasi gani cha usawa katika mradi kama mwekezaji wa uwezekano. Kwa ujumla, matokeo haya hutoa ushahidi unaopatana na inference kwamba wanafunzi sampuli katika utafiti huu hawakutumia jinsia kama heuristic maamuzi wakati wa kutathmini fursa za ujasiriamali. "Kama matokeo ya majaribio yetu, tunaelezea jinsi ya kuiga shughuli hii, jinsi ya kuijadili darasani, na jinsi ya kurekebisha shughuli hii ili kuchunguza aina nyingine za upendeleo (kwa mfano, jamii, ukabila, uzito, nk).""" "Mwanzilishi wa utafiti wa ""Ujasusi wa Jinsia na Ufadhili wa Ujasiriamali"" ni Timothy L. Michaelis, Jeffrey M. Mulvey, Paul Ritter, Beth M., na John Carr, J. C., ""Ujasusi wa Jinsia na Ujasiriamali wa Ujasiriamali: Kujadili Upendeleo katika Darasa la Ujasiriamali.""" NIU Bibliography. 238. - (Methali 28:3) Idara ya Usimamizi