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Women Entrepreneurs in the Indian Informal Sector : Marginalisation Dynamics or Institutional Rational Choice?
Williams, Colin - 2015
Purpose -- Studies on women entrepreneurs either read women through a structuralist lens as marginalised populations … choice. The aim of this paper is to evaluate critically these various explanations in relation to the informal sector women … of 457 women entrepreneurs of the informal sector show that although the structuralist representation is largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010303
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Entrepreneurs Operating in the Informal Economy : Necessity or Opportunity Driven?
Williams, Colin - 2015
To evaluate the validity of distinguishing between opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship, this paper investigates the motives of entrepreneurs who conduct some or all of their transactions on an off-the-books basis. Reporting empirical evidence from England on the motives of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009593
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Beyond Entrepreneurs as Heroic Icons of Capitalist Society : A Case Study of Street Entrepreneurs in India
Williams, Colin - 2015
The starting point of this paper is the recognition that the entrepreneurship literature is dominated by a normative ideologically-driven depiction of the entrepreneur as a heroic icon and symbolic figurehead of capitalist culture. The aim of this paper is to directly and intentionally challenge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009802
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Entrepreneurship, the Informal Economy and Rural Communities
Williams, Colin - 2015
PurposeThis paper evaluates whether early-stage entrepreneurs and the established self-employed in rural communities trade off-the-books and whether this tendency varies across deprived and affluent rural localities.MethodologyFace-to-face interviews were conducted with 350 households in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010302
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Beyond Necessity versus Opportunity Entrepreneurship : Some Lessons from English Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
Williams, Nick - 2015
When discussing the motivations of entrepreneurs, it has become commonplace to represent them dichotomously as either necessity or opportunity driven. This paper evaluates critically this dualistic depiction of entrepreneurs' motives through an examination of the rationales of entrepreneurs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010314
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Entrepreneurship and the Off-the-Books Economy : Some Lessons from England
Williams, Colin - 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between entrepreneurship and off-the-books work. Until now, although it has been recognised that a share of off-the-books transactions are conducted by nascent entrepreneurs and the established self-employed, few have evaluated what proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010328
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Evaluating Informal Entrepreneurs’ Motives : Evidence from Moscow
Williams, Colin - 2015
PurposeRecently when studying mainstream (legitimate) entrepreneurs, the distinction between ‘necessity-driven' entrepreneurs pushed into entrepreneurship because other options for work are absent or unsatisfactory, and ‘opportunity-driven' entrepreneurs pulled into entrepreneurship to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010340
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Is There Discrimination Against Women Entrepreneurs in Formal Credit Markets in Nigeria?
Nwosu, Emmanuel O. - 2018
This research investigates whether women entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) in Nigeria are … show significant discrimination against women in formal credit markets in Nigeria. The results reveal that firms that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937539
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Rural Women Entrepreneurs : A Case Study for Cottage Industries of Dang District
Jariwala, Vijay - 2017
Women entrepreneurs have proved to be equi-potential with their men counterparts in business expertise and are emerging … women, who is capable of contributing values in both family and social life. This study aims to study the problems and … prospects of women entrepreneurs in Dang district who are engaged into small enterprises and are running successfully their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943327
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Women Entrepreneurs in the MENA Region : Opportunities or a Mirage?
El Hamidi, Fatma - 2017
This article evaluates the experience of MENA countries in promoting women entrepreneurship as a medium of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944741