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This chapter concludes the work with an overview of its results and contributions along with its implications for research and practice. It begins with an overall summary of this work and its contribution to research and practice. Subsequently, implications for practice regarding the strategies that improve women entrepreneurs’ level of work-life balance are addressed. Lastly, the limitations of the investigation are discussed and needs for further research are highlighted.
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See Sect. 1.3 for a detailed description of the research problem underlying this thesis.
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See Sect. 3.2.2.
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This recommendation is in line with earlier research. Clark (2000, p. 761) identified disagreement between individuals about the borders and about what constitutes each domain as a primary source of work-family conflict. Furthermore, she emphasized the relevance of frequent communication and relationship building for attaining balance (Clark, 2000, p. 766 f.).
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Financial restrictions concerning the use of the outlined strategies will be further elaborated in Sect. 5.2.2.
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In the context of this thesis, it cannot be worked out whether and to what extent a personality change is possible at all.
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See Sect. 5.3 for implications for future research and limitations concerning entrepreneurial networks.
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Only three interview passages explicitly describe the role of employees for work-life balance. Therefore, there is a need for further research regarding this aspect.
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For the most part, women entrepreneurs are starting their business as single founders, and only a few women entrepreneurs start their business in a team (bga, 2015, p. 17).
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In this context, the subcategory “professional partnerships” was initially formulated. However, only one of the experts mentioned this subcategory. Therefore, it was excluded from further analysis (see Sect. 4.2.5).
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Sixteen interviews with experts in the field of women’s entrepreneurship were conducted in the present study. Of these 16 interviewees, six represent female entrepreneurial networks, and one represents an entrepreneurial network.
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Zerwas, C.S. (2019). Summary, Conclusion and Outlook. In: Work-Life Balance and Women's Entrepreneurship. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29804-3_5
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