This paper answers the call for a deeper understanding of innovation issues in relation to female entrepreneurship. In doing so, it offers a comprehensive and updated picture of the state of the art of management research on innovation in women-owned firms. Specifically, by conducting a systematic literature review, which is widely used in management studies, and by using rigorous and replicable criteria, this manuscript seeks to understand this crucial intersection through an in depth investigation of 48 papers, thus addressing a relevant gap that exists in literature to date. Results demonstrate that, despite the increasing attention given to female entrepreneurship and innovation at both political and social levels, due to their key role worldwide, a significant gap in the integration of these two areas still exists. Thus, it is time for scholars to reimagine the concept of innovation and to explore the untapped potential within female entrepreneurship, redefining and bringing to light all the facets that innovation may have. The study provides avenues on which scholars should focus in order to help policy makers to work towards fostering a more inclusive and dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem that empowers women to drive innovation and economic growth.

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女企业家与创新：回顾与展望


本文回应了深入了解与女性创业相关的创新问题的呼吁。在此过程中，它提供了关于女性拥有的企业创新的管理研究最新进展的全面和最新的图景。具体来说，通过进行管理研究中广泛使用的系统文献综述，并使用严格且可复制的标准，本手稿试图通过对 48 篇论文的深入调查来理解这一关键交叉点，从而解决管理研究中存在的相关空白。迄今为止的文献。结果表明，尽管女性创业和创新在政治和社会层面受到越来越多的关注，但由于她们在全球范围内的关键作用，这两个领域的整合仍然存在巨大差距。因此，学者们现在应该重新构想创新的概念，探索女性创业中尚未开发的潜力，重新定义并揭示创新可能具有的所有方面。该研究提供了学者们应该关注的途径，以帮助政策制定者努力培育一个更具包容性和活力的创业生态系统，使女性能够推动创新和经济增长。