WOMAN LEADERSHIP: THEIR ROLE AND POSITIONING IN ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEMS OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

This study offers a systematic analysis of women’s participation in entrepreneurship and innovation economic ecosystems. Through a comparative analysis of 415 data from ecosystem representatives from Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Spain; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires; Sao Paulo, Brazil, and La Araucania Chile. This study provides valuable information regarding the role of women and how the female gender can influence the intensity of collaboration and the development of entrepreneurship. Using complex network analysis and the TE-SER MODEL, the study will be able to reveal the interactions between actors, collaboration, and influence in different contexts. Highlighting and identifying women who lead different spaces and institutions, and influence decision-making is of crucial importance to promote a greater number of female managers. Thus, the percentage of female managers in ecosystems ranges from 22% to 38%, with low participation in relation to the management positions of men.