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Conditions for high-potential female entrepreneurship : individual and environmental factors can lead women to start innovative market-expanding and export-oriented ventures-or blo...
Terjesen, Siri A - 2016
Female-led ventures that are market-expanding, export-oriented, and innovative contribute substantially to local and national economic development, as well as to the female entrepreneur's economic welfare. Female-led ventures also serve as models that can encourage other high-potential female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514818
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Female Entrepreneurship and the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Economic Emancipation and Clout for Pakistani Women
Khan, Iqbal - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2014), pp. 60-91
massive impact on the societies in South Asia. Pakistan is a Muslim society that has lived side by side with the culture driven religion of the Indian society. There are numerous cultural overlaps though Muslim characteristic is an identity and practical way of life. In defining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969183
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Cultural and Socio Economic Experiences of Female Entrepreneurs in Brazil and the United States: An Exploratorial and Empirical Analysis
Holland, Neila - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2014), pp. 3-37
Over the last twenty years female entrepreneurs have been increasing in numbers in economies of developing and developed nations across the world. But although female entrepreneurship participation rates have increased worldwide, it appears that economic and socio cultural patterns still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010900098
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Female Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Approaches
Radovic-Markovic, Mirjana - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2013), pp. 1-9
Due to different approaches to female entrepreneurship, the author suggested that this field of research is considered to be very broad. Some of the theories outlined in this article can be linked to the study of this phenomenon, such as gender theories, managerial theories, public policy, etc....
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The Position of Female Entrepreneurs in the European Union and Transition Countries
Handalic, Merdza - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2009), pp. 13-24
In the European Union at the level of the European Commission the principle of gender equality, called gender mainstreaming, has been introduced in all areas of activities and policy. The term "gender mainstreaming" is the key and it has been accepted for the implementation of policies of gender...
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New Schools for Entrepreneurs and Managers: Education for Female Entrepreneurship
Markovic, Mirjana Radovic - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2011), pp. 77-88
Education and training help to build human capacity for both men and women. It is a key priority area for poverty reduction. The development of contemporary technologies, especially the Internet, on the one hand and changes in management practice, communication and work organization in companies...
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Female Entrepreneurship in Serbia and Opportunities for its Development
Vujicic, Sladjana; Ivkovic, Dragan; Nikolic, Ivica; … - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2013), pp. 126-136
Today, entrepreneurship is a key element in the development of the economic potential of each country. Recently, one of the possible directions of development of entrepreneurship that stands out is female entrepreneurship, and the number of companies and businesses whose owners are women is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969185
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A Phenomenological Exploration of the Mentoring Experiences of Women Business Owners in Central Florida
Bishop, Patricia; Deason, Chris - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2013), pp. 28-50
lower sales, profits, and survival rates. Although entrepreneurship centers and other institutions have developed training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757270
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An Application of Partial Least Squares to the Construction of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2015
In this paper the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is constructed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA …) and Partial Least Squares (PLS). Using the SIGI, we test the effects of social institutions related to gender inequality … weighting procedures using PCA and PLS. We find that gender inequality in social institutions has significant effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212214
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An application of partial least squares to the construction of the Social Institutions and Gender index (SIGI) and the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan - 2015
In this paper the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is constructed with Principal Component Analysis (PCA …) and Partial Least Squares (PLS). Using the SIGI, we test the effects of social institutions related to gender inequality … weighting procedures using PCA and PLS. We find that gender inequality in social institutions has significant effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504411