The topics of gender and entrepreneurship have been of great scholarly interest since the eighties. In this invited editorial, we provide an overview of the evolution of the field of gender and entrepreneurship. Specifically, we consider the evolution of the field by highlighting the importance of context and the need to consider gender in all future research examining’ entrepreneurial activity. Drawing on a contextualized approach we provide an overview of the six articles in this curated special issue with the aim of increasing our understanding of women’s entrepreneurial activity. Finally, we conclude with some suggestions for future research. We hope this invited editorial will spur deeper research at the intersections between gender and entrepreneurship.

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新时代的性别与创业：性别与创业活动作用的新视角

自八十年代以来，性别和创业的话题就引起了学术界的极大兴趣。在这篇特邀社论中，我们概述了性别和创业领域的演变。具体来说，我们通过强调背景的重要性以及在所有未来研究考察“创业活动”中考虑性别的必要性来考虑该领域的演变。借助情境化方法，我们对本期特刊中的六篇文章进行了概述，旨在增加我们对女性创业活动的理解。最后，我们对未来的研究提出一些建议。我们希望这篇受邀的社论能够促进对性别与创业之间的交叉点进行更深入的研究。