378 Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2014 Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Current ventures of women entrepreneurs: relating performance and goals Maika Valencia-Silva*, Laura Lamolla and Jose Ernesto Amoros ESADE Business School, Av. Pedralbes 60-62, 08034, Barcelona, Spain E-mail: maika.valencia@esade.edu E-mail: llamollak@uoc.edu E-mail: eamoros@udd.cl *Corresponding author Abstract: Empirical evidence demonstrates that women entrepreneurs’ business performance results go far beyond purely economic aspects. This study analyses the extent to which women entrepreneurs’ business goals differ with respect to their business performance in economic and non-economic terms. We analyse a sample of Spanish women entrepreneurs, measuring their performance perception and business goals. Our results show that women do not display significant differences regarding their individual non-economic goals related to non-economic performance results. However, our results partially support the claim regarding the relationship between social non-economic goals and economic goals in relation to non-economic and economic oriented performance respectively. Implications for further research are discussed. Keywords: women entrepreneurs; business goals; business performance; economic performance; non-economic performance. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Valencia-Silva, M., Lamolla, L. and Amoros, J.E. (2014) ‘Current ventures of women entrepreneurs: relating performance and goals’, Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp.378–393. Biographical notes: Maika Valencia-Silva graduated from ESADE Business School with a PhD in Management Sciences in 2010. She also has a Master degree in Finance (TEC Monterrey, Mexico) and a Bachelor in Business Administration (TEC Monterrey) and Accounting (University of Colima, Mexico). She is a Researcher in the areas of women entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship and innovation, and entrepreneurial education. She has worked in international contexts, both in Mexico and Spain. She was Head of the Business Faculty at the University of Colima and the National Coordinator of the Entrepreneurship Chair at the National Association of Colleges and Schools of Accountancy and Management of Mexico. Laura Lamolla received her PhD in Political Science and Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Further qualifications include a BBA and MBA from ESADE and Masters CEMS. She is Director of the Agenda of Organizations in the Knowledge Economy and Professor of Economy and Business Studies at the UOC (Open University of Catalonia), focusing primarily on course related to the organisation and administration of companies, business policies and business economy. Previously, she was an