Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to …-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive …

for about 11 percent of firms and are more prevalent in countries with better rule of law, gender equality, and stronger … related to gender equality, it is smaller where there isless emphasis on personal networks (better rule of law, lower trade …

Small-scale entrepreneurs are ubiquitous in emerging market economies, yet very few graduate to become larger … businesses. This paper asks whether such entrepreneurs aspire to grow and, if so, on which dimensions of the business? What … factors influence these aspirations, how realistic are they, and do entrepreneurs dynamically update them based on realized …