Ricerc@Sapienza

Several current scholars of sociological methodology put increasing emphasis on the centrality of the relational dimension in the process of collecting information. But what are the interactional mechanisms involved in the construction of data? In order to answer this question, this study will use the relational analysis, applying it to two specific families of interrogation techniques: the focus groups and the in-depth interviews.

This paper aims at analysing women’s business around Europe and Extra-Europe countries to draw the current
scenario and to create a theoretical background to investigate in our future research which is the contribution of relational
dimension as intangible asset to the born of small and medium women’s businesses. Building similarities, differences and
changes, this analysis has been conducted in Southern European Country (Italy), Nordic country (Finland) and Southerneastern