. The research identified six profiles according to the different routes by which women choose entrepreneurship: Young Women …The study identifies the various reasons why women become entrepreneurs, considering their life cycle and the factors … that have encouraged them, using the qualitative paradigm based on case studies of twenty-four women entrepreneurs in Peru …

This brief gives an overview of women’s entrepreneurship in the region, and describes (i) how information and … communication technology (ICT) can be used to support business activity and overcome challenges specific to women, (ii) the barriers … preventing women from enjoying the full benefits associated with ICT, and (iii) the methodology used for the regional study …

undertake this business, based on the theory of resources and skills of entrepreneurship and business. It is intended to answer … entrepreneurship. The analysis concludes that the empirical knowledge of entrepreneurs, in this case were not suffi cient to direct the …

This paper examines whether women entrepreneurs operating in the informal sector in the small island economy of …. Survey data of 158 women entrepreneurs operating in the informal sector in Mauritius is used to assess the impact of the … financial crisis on their business activities. The principal component analysis is applied and our findings reveal that women …

The field of Entrepreneurship is experiencing worldwide not only a renaissance but a revolution in which women tend to … they affect business success? Is Entrepreneurship an attractive career path for women? What kind of motivation and … play an important role. Are women entrepreneurs good for the economic development? What is their contribution to a …

The Indonesian government has been trying to encourage entrepreneurship development by supporting the development of … outside the agricultural sector, and thus are the biggest source of employment. Second, the representation of women … entrepreneurs is low. Third, women entrepreneurs are less educated than their men counterparts. Fourth, the main constraints faced …

This study examines the demographic profile of "Tamil" women entrepreneurs in the North East of Sri Lanka who became … entrepreneurs as a result of war. Five main areas of interest were examined, namely, (i) characteristics of these women; (ii …) factors that spurred them into entrepreneurship; (iii) their challenges; (iv) their measures of success; and (v) their …

problem is evident for women and ethnic minority groups. The purpose of the study is to examine empirically the impact of …

interviews with 20 women's businesses and 10 men's, covering a range of small business types and locations in Mysore. The … gender of the owner due to the different spending imperatives of male and female entrepreneurs and the women they employ. The …