Purpose: This paper aims to understand the nature of affective experiences that can help women to overcome perceived socio-cultural constraints and stimulate entrepreneurship. The paper focuses on rural poor women in India as they represent cultural contexts rich with impediments while also...

Social-purpose entrepreneurs face issues of survivability and scale in the nonprofit sector, challenging them to operate market-driven ventures without deviating from their social goals. Many entrepreneurs, unable to balance these imperatives, fail, while others succeed and thrive. What "success...

Background: To ensure universal access to electricity, community-owned mini-grid systems are gaining popularity, particularly for remote locations in developing countries where central grid extension is technically and economically challenging. However, our understanding of the conditions...