This paper is a first attempt at differentiating the problems of finance of the privately held small businesses from …

unconstrained in both product and factor markets, finance has been widely identified as a potential constraint on entrepreneurial … activity due to either debt or equity gaps. However, in terms of externally supplied finance, it is arguably the availability … with the provision of debt finance, the nature of the relationship between bank and entrepreneur can be of considerable …

should introduce and operate an Islamic finance system to encourage women entrepreneurs to go for a loan as the interest rate …