Purpose – Interest in women entrepreneurs from various backgrounds has led to increased publication in the literature … about particular women's entrepreneurship issues. However, notwithstanding the importance of this area, little information … exists about women entrepreneurs' business practices, survival and growth strategies and their perceptions of entrepreneurial …

become an entrepreneur -- Factors affecting the success of women's entrepreneurship: a review of literature -- Academic …

/methodology/approach – The study draws on secondary data on the context to women's entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia, and on Brush et al. 's 5M … framework to analyse the results of a survey of 33 Saudi women entrepreneurs in Jeddah in a variety of commercial sectors. The … women practically running a business – could be overcome. These include provision of resources, training and mentoring, and …

holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper builds on an existing framework …” are added to extend and mediate the “3Ms” and construct a “5M” framework to enable the study of women's entrepreneurship … of female entrepreneurs, which might have a larger impact on women than men. The meso/macro environment captures …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptually and empirically explore issues that explain why women … is on the situations women entrepreneurs face, and the strategies they adopt, to successfully fund their high …‐growth businesses with venture funding. Rather than looking for answers at the individual level (men v women), the authors focus on the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an account of women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa …. Design/methodology/approach – This five‐country research study included face‐to‐face interviews with women entrepreneurs in … Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. Findings – The findings revealed that the women surveyed were …

Women Presidents' Organization (WPO), to elicit her expert views on the support available to women entrepreneurs and the … women‐led enterprises. She identifies the common trait of entrepreneurial women as the drive to succeed, often breaking the … rules and coming up with better ways of doing things. Support for women entrepreneurs comes from role models and from …

Purpose – Studies have concluded that men tend to have higher self‐confidence than women and that this affects their … 50 entrepreneurs (25 women and 25 men) in New Zealand were interviewed in a semi‐structured format. Findings – Women … prior research. Once in an established business, women relate to entrepreneurship less than men and do not feel comfortable …

business” programme that was delivered in Ireland to 12 women from the traveller community. Findings – Four distinct categories …, plus it highlights the future steps that need to be taken to bring appropriate entrepreneurship support to traveller women … who experience triple discrimination – discrimination as women, as travellers and as traveller women. Originality …

how successful women are portrayed. The paper adds incremental credence to power of male‐dominated journalistic practices … tell and decode entrepreneur stories. As researchers, we need to recognise that there are other avenues for women to become … entrepreneurs than to become businesswomen and that it is alright for women to reject the “entrepreneur” label. Originality …