Examining the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies

Examining the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies

David Chitakunye, Amandeep Takhar

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 375

ISBN13: 9781522551126|ISBN10: 1522551123|EISBN13: 9781522551133

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5112-6

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Chitakunye, David, and Amandeep Takhar, eds. Examining the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5112-6

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Entrepreneurship has seen an influx of industry-leading women. With this shift, women are now impacting a mainly male-dominated field and face ongoing challenges within this domain.

Examining the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies is a critical scholarly resource that examines the influence and impact of women entrepreneurs in emerging economies. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as women empowerment, financial management strategies, and discriminatory practices, this book is a vital resource for business managers, organizational leaders, professionals, and researchers seeking current research on women-related issues in different types of work communities and environments.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage (ABSCA) Book Series

Preface

Chapters

Chapter 1

Strategies to Empower Women in Higher Education Positions: A Global Issue (pages 1-22)

Cassandra Louise Sligh Conway, Audrey McCrary-Quarles, Yvonne Sims, Cynthia Salley Nicholson, Glacia Ethridge, Michelle Priester, Tammara Thompson

There seems to be a dearth of helpful resources outlining strategic ways that organizations can provide women with empowering and meaningful mentoring opportunities from a global perspective. This effort will include the following...

Chapter 2

Women Entrepreneurs in Turkey: A Contemporary Analysis (pages 23-52)

Meral Dülger

This chapter makes a contribution to the ongoing efforts to fill the emerging market perspective gap in the entrepreneurship literature with respect to Turkey. It primarily provides a thorough account of the current position of women...

Chapter 3

Women as Social Entrepreneurs in Turkey (pages 53-74)

Berat Cicek, Mehmet Ali Türkmenoğlu

Entrepreneurship has been an attractive topic for scholars over several decades. However, social entrepreneurship has remained relatively understudied in scale and scope. More specifically, the aspect of women in entrepreneurship is...

Chapter 4

Do Female Entrepreneurs Lead With Emotions? (pages 75-96)

Büşra Müceldili

The importance of emotions has been recognized in the entrepreneurship literature recently. In this chapter, the author sheds light on positive/negative emotions and their consequences and unexpected outcomes in aspect of female...

Chapter 5

The Entrepreneurial Woman in the Nigerian Economy: Prospects, Obstacles, and Survival Strategies (pages 97-125)

Temitayo Oluwakemi Akinpelu

There is an understanding that cultural practices are intricately linked with other structural factors in shaping gendered involvement, possible options for expansion, and sustainability of business outfits. In Nigeria, these factors...

Chapter 6

Female Entrepreneurship in the Nollywood Film Industry: Prospects and Problems (pages 126-144)

Floribert Patrick C. Endong

The Nigerian film industry (Nollywood) has predominantly been presented as a masculine world. This is not unconnected to the fact that most of the players and central figures in the history and growth of the industry are masculine....

Chapter 7

Experience of Female Entrepreneurs With Disabilities in Zimbabwe (pages 145-163)

Tafadzwa Rugoho, Agnes Chindimba

The global population of people with disabilities is estimated to be around one billion which represents 15% of the population. It is further estimated that the majority of people with disabilities are found in developing countries...

Chapter 8

The South African Female Entrepreneurship Context: Enabling OR Constraining? (pages 164-185)

Sybert Mutereko

For a long time, women have been excluded from economic activities in male-dominated organizations and patriarchal society. Therefore, due to this factor, their participation in economic activities such as employment and...

Chapter 9

Contemporary Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurship in India (pages 186-211)

Neeta Baporikar

An entrepreneur is a person who initiates and establishes an enterprise. Entrepreneurship refers to the decisions one takes in setting up and running a new enterprise. The individual constitutes the most important element in...

Chapter 10

What Women Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed in Emerging Economies? (pages 212-238)

Purna Prabhakar Nandamuri, J. S. K. Chakravarthi, Gnanamkonda Vijayudu

Many efforts have successfully been implemented by both public and private institutions to advance women entrepreneurship, recognized to be an indicator of overall social development. Despite several efforts, women still represent a...

Chapter 11

Development of Women-Led Micro and Small Enterprises in Indonesia: Their Motivations and Main Constraints (pages 239-268)

Tulus T. H. Tambunan

This chapter aims to examine the development of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia with the focus on their personal motivations or initial reasons to own businesses and their main constraints in doing business. The chapter is based on...

Chapter 12

Small Business Financing for Supporting SMEs in Indonesia: A Conceptual Study (pages 269-289)

Eko Suyono, Amandeep Takhar, David Chitakunye

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the main pillars of a country economy, especially within developing countries. These types of businesses have existed since the Dutch colonial era. However, their existence is now threatened...

Chapter 13

Women Entrepreneurship in a Fragile and Volatile Economy: The Case of Zimbabwe (pages 290-314)

Wellington Chibebe, Naome Chakanya

Women entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe has undergone a formidable structural transformation since independence (1980) and has significantly contributed towards survival of the economy, especially during the hyperinflationary period which...

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