Gender Differences of Entrepreneurial Business attitudes in the Crisis Caused by Covid-19 Global Pandemic: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is a backward step in efforts to achieve gender equality (WEF 2020). Bearing in mind that women entrepreneurs face serious obstacles, especially in less stimulating context, as it is in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the question arises – is there a gender difference in the resilience of entrepreneurial companies during the crises caused by COVID-19 pandemic. The justification of the question lies in the knowledge that women entrepreneurs face insufficient or poor quality of information in the existing government or non-government initiatives, poor supply of entrepreneurial capital, unfavourable and inappropriate attitude of banks even in “non-pandemic” times. This article will offer uncommon evidence on the (non) existence of a gender behaviour difference in sense of entrepreneurial companies’ resilience as a part of the broader study of the consequences in the pandemic crisis in entrepreneurial businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The pandemic crisis has an uncertain end and global consequences, so authors will give insights for all stakeholders with a focus on the gender sensitivity when formulating policies to overcome impact of the pandemic crisis, but also a broader contribution to gender aspects of entrepreneurial researches.