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Additionally, says the overview:

• 83% of women business owners are personally involved in selecting and purchasing technology for their businesses.

• 61% of Women business owners use technology to integrate the responsibilities of work and home, while  44% use technology to enable employees to work offsite or to have flexible work schedules.

• 75% of all firms do not have employees, while 81% of women-owned firms are without employees, for a total of 5.4 million firms.

• Sales revenue increased 66% for women-owned firms without employees from 1997-2004, compared to 42% for all such firms.

Women and men business owners have different management styles. Women emphasize relationship building as well as fact gathering and are more likely to consult with experts, employees, and fellow business owners than are men. And:

• Women owners who plan to sell their business are more concerned than their men counterparts about the buyer's identity, personality, and background (72% vs. 39%), the buyer's plans for the business (79% vs. 52%), and plans for current employees (86% vs. 61%)

• Women business owners are nearly twice as likely as men business owners to intend to pass the business on to a daughter or daughters (37$ vs. 19%).

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