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An Initial Review of the Characteristics and Determinants of Female Entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico
Castro, Marisela Santiago; Pisani, Michael J - In: REVISTA AD-MINISTER (2013)
utilizes data from the Adult Population Survey (APS) for 2007 from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project. We find … fundamental determinant of female entrepreneurship. <h2>Características y determinantes de mujeres empresarias en Puerto Rico … para el 2007. El estudio utiliza los datos de la Encuesta de la Población Adulta del Proyecto de Global Entrepreneurship …
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms’ sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156958
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Women Self Help Groups – A Case Study of Kannad Block, Aurangabad District
Kashinath, Kshirsagar - 2016
Self-help Group is a small economically homogeneous and affinity group of rural poor which is voluntarily ready to contribute to a common fund to be lent to its members as per group decision, which works for group's solidarity, self group, awareness, social and economic empowerment through...
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Enterprising Women in Southern Africa : When Does Land Ownership Matter?
Brixiová, Zuzana - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842063
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Why Are Female Small Business Owners in the United States Less Likely to Apply for Bank Loans than Their Male Counterparts?
Mijid, Naranchimeg - 2015
Women business owners are more discouraged than men to apply for a bank loan because of fear of rejection. Using the three Surveys of Small Business Finances, this study examines the reasons for discouragement and previous loan experiences. The study estimates the probability of loan denial...
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Gender and the Credit Rationing of Small Businesses
Mijid, Naranchimeg - 2014
Rapid small business ownership growth rates among women have motivated research on issues related to gender and small business performance. The importance of credit access for the success of small businesses, as well as evidence that women have less access to credit than male business owners,...
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When they work with women, do men get all the credit?
Qi, Shusen; Ongena, Steven; Cheng, Hua - 2018
Are firms that are managed and owned by females-only appraised differently than those where genders mix at the top? To answer this question we study an instructive sample of 7,467 firms from 22 countries. We find that – when borrowing from banks – firms that are both managed and owned by...
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Women Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy - Case of Female Borrowers in Pakistan
younas, kinza; Rafay, Abdul - 2022
women entrepreneurs of Pakistan. Strengthening women's entrepreneurship may play a significant role to alleviate poverty …
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Do Women's Attitudes Matter in Acceptance of Islamic Microfinance? Evidence from Malaysia
Islam, Md Amirul; Salah Uddin, Muhammad; Thambiah, … - 2023
The study aims to investigate the factors pursuing the women entrepreneurs to accept Islamic microfinance (IMF) in urban and rural areas of Malaysia. For this purpose, the study applies the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Innovation and Diffusion Theory to explain Islamic microfinance...
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