Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse empirically the impact of trade openness on women's development in … openness on women's development in Pakistan applying annual time‐series data for the period 1981 to 2007. Findings – The … results show a significant positive long‐term relationship between trade openness and women's development in Pakistan. The …

feminism; and to examine the degree to which women borrowers of the Grameen Bank are empowered to participate in familial … critically looks at the GB women borrowers' development through the Sixteen Decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The study … information on the GB members and GB family members elected in the Union Parishad Elections in 1997 and in 2003, a testimony that …

holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper builds on an existing framework …” are added to extend and mediate the “3Ms” and construct a “5M” framework to enable the study of women's entrepreneurship … in its own right. Findings – It was found that “Motherhood” is a metaphor representing the household and family context …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptually and empirically explore issues that explain why women … is on the situations women entrepreneurs face, and the strategies they adopt, to successfully fund their high …‐growth businesses with venture funding. Rather than looking for answers at the individual level (men v women), the authors focus on the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer an account of women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa …. Design/methodology/approach – This five‐country research study included face‐to‐face interviews with women entrepreneurs in … Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. Findings – The findings revealed that the women surveyed were …

Women Presidents' Organization (WPO), to elicit her expert views on the support available to women entrepreneurs and the … women‐led enterprises. She identifies the common trait of entrepreneurial women as the drive to succeed, often breaking the … rules and coming up with better ways of doing things. Support for women entrepreneurs comes from role models and from …

Purpose – Studies have concluded that men tend to have higher self‐confidence than women and that this affects their … 50 entrepreneurs (25 women and 25 men) in New Zealand were interviewed in a semi‐structured format. Findings – Women … prior research. Once in an established business, women relate to entrepreneurship less than men and do not feel comfortable …

business” programme that was delivered in Ireland to 12 women from the traveller community. Findings – Four distinct categories … and family responsibilities. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on just one programme and so no …, plus it highlights the future steps that need to be taken to bring appropriate entrepreneurship support to traveller women …

how successful women are portrayed. The paper adds incremental credence to power of male‐dominated journalistic practices … tell and decode entrepreneur stories. As researchers, we need to recognise that there are other avenues for women to become … entrepreneurs than to become businesswomen and that it is alright for women to reject the “entrepreneur” label. Originality …

‐context, which is characterized by the long history of women's economic activity and bank‐based capital markets. Design … multivariate tests. Findings – The funding patterns of women‐owned SMEs (WOS) and men‐owned SMEs (MOS) in the data are different …