From Bangladesh to Paris and from Nairobi to New York, we see everywhere an important growth in women’s entrepreneurship. The profound structural changes taking place in the economies of the developed world provide new opportunities for women.

Manufacturing is in decline, but the rapidly developing services and information industries are burgeoning a new technology, and instantaneous communications. As a result, new ways of thinking and doing are given a hearing. At such a conjuncture, the leadership style of women and their special capacities and qualities appear especially valuable.