The role of networking, entrepreneurial environments, and support systems in the creation, survival and success of ventures founded by minority, women, and immigrant entrepreneurs

[...]the editors devised a call for papers requesting that authors explore new perspectives and paradigms incorporating environmental conditions that impact MWI's, and the role of social networks in venture creation, survival and success. According to the report, women-owned firms increased by 45 percent compared to a 9 percent increase for all businesses. [...]desirable outcomes from the Special Issue are contributions that demonstrate how MWIs might fully leverage social networks, or frameworks that enable policymakers and practitioners to develop proper support systems and entrepreneurial environments for MWIs to survive and thrive. [...]many have called for initiatives and policies to overcome gender gaps in entrepreneurship (Greene etai, 2003; Gibbs 2014; Sequeira etai, 2016).