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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 …
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become an entrepreneur -- Factors affecting the success of women's entrepreneurship: a review of literature -- Academic …
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/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 …
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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 … in its own right. Findings – It was found that “Motherhood” is a metaphor representing the household and family context …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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business” programme that was delivered in Ireland to 12 women from the traveller community. Findings – Four distinct categories … and family responsibilities. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on just one programme and so no …, plus it highlights the future steps that need to be taken to bring appropriate entrepreneurship support to traveller women …
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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 …
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