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the way in which Thai women operate to be the leading country in the world for female entrepreneurship in terms of … conference for Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World (LWEW) in Bangkok, Thailand. We report the ways in which the leading Thai …This paper explores the phenomenon of Thailand's female entrepreneurs and account for some of the cultural drivers in …
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Research shows that larger, more profitable and more visible companies are less likely to disclose internal control weaknesses. Firms with similar characteristics tend to hire more female board members. This paper examines whether there is an association between companies that have a higher...
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This thesis shows that women's labour market participation, macroeconomic growth and family policies are closely linked … growth is not sufficient to promote female labour market participation. Equalising institutions that explicitly promote women … policy instruments that manage to simultaneously prevent families from income poverty while encouraging women's employment …
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match with their preconceived stereotype). This research also examines how men and women are viewed differently in the … in the advertisement is typical (matches with their preconceived stereotype) or if the salesperson is atypical (does not … of spokesperson stereotypes on consumers' cognitive responses. …
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This paper focuses on the theme of women entrepreneurs, business and gender in two transitional economies, namely … Nigeria and China. As the OECD Conferences on Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises held in Paris in 1997 and … 2000 pointed out, a situation where women are discriminated against in business has negative economic, social and political …
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run by men and women. Findings show clear gender-related differences in terms of educational background, family support … the work of independent retailers and service providers, this paper explores gender-based differences related to … background of entrepreneurs, as well as in business and structural variables related to the small- to medium-sized enterprises …
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Entrepreneurs need resources to organize new venture offerings into marketplace-acceptable forms. Entrepreneurs use … outcomes via interactions with entrepreneurs' existing networks. In order to account for the dynamic nature of entrepreneurial … database containing information about nascent entrepreneurs, as its data source to test predictions examining the dynamics of …
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Venkataraman (2000) introduced entrepreneurship as a nexus between the opportunity and entrepreneurial individuals. Thus … they are often called - 'opportunities' is regarded as a key research goal in entrepreneurship (Davidsson, Hunter and … they had access to. Further, since entrepreneurs operate in an environment of heterogeneous and uncertain, they have to …
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