Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of integrating women‐centred savings schemes into … studies show that, if savings systems are flexible and suitable to their needs, women are capable of saving and repaying … women‐centred savings schemes would be a beneficial starting point in linking the savings schemes with formal finance …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to focus on women small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) financed by Kenya Women … cross‐sectional data from KWFT and follow‐up field survey data of women beneficiaries of KWFT credit. Multi‐stage stratified … sampling technique was adopted to identify 90 women entrepreneurs of the total population of 300. Primary data were gathered …

Purpose – This study seeks to examine the business and social profiles of 67 women entrepreneurs in three regions of … Nigeria in order to identify patterns of entrepreneurship and social and economic challenges facing women business owners in … Nigeria. The study aims to support and encourage sustainable small‐scale economic development activities by Nigerian women and …

women on a board and by the Blau and the Shannon indices, has a positive and significant effect on Tobin’s Q, while the … presence of one or more women on the board per se has an insignificant effect on firm financial performance. Practical … female representation on their boards and Italian companies should focus their efforts on the right mix of men and women …

Purpose Although the number of women working in management accounting has increased, the percentage of female … executives in this area remains low. Previous studies examining the underrepresentation of women in accounting leadership … positions have analyzed factors that hinder women from reaching these positions. The purpose of this paper, by contrast, is to …

, particularly women, through an examination of Islamic teachings and illustrated using a “conservative” paradigm of practice. The … approaches to “conservative” Muslim women in societies across the globe, what is presented herein allows insight into all … of research for Muslim women at the “conservative” end of the practicing spectrum – this allowing a highlighting of ideas …