HOLMÉN, MAGNUS; MIN, THAW TAR; SAARELAINEN, EMILIA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 16 (2011) 03, pp. 307-331
This paper analyzes the motivations of eight female Afghan entrepreneurs to start up their own business and the problems they encountered during start-up and operations. Income generation was the most important push factor but pull factors including desire for independence and autonomy were also...