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Images, forms and presence outside and beyond the pink ghetto

Smith, Robert - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 29 (2014) 8, pp. 466-486

the cultural semiotic. Globally, images of female-entrepreneurship are socially constructed using stereotypes which are …. Gender has its own semiotic codes, and, universally, images of female-entrepreneurship are socially constructed using …/methodology/approach – One hundred images of female-entrepreneurship were analysed semiotically using photo-montage techniques to identify common …

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Women tourism entrepreneurs: doing gender on farms in Sweden

Pettersson, Katarina; Heldt Cassel, Susanna - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 29 (2014) 8, pp. 487-504

hospitality activities. The authors seek to investigate how gender is done vis-à-vis women’s farm tourism entrepreneurship. They … identities, change? Design/methodology/approach – Research has indicated that introducing tourism entrepreneurship at farms may … women build their entrepreneurship and develop some of their products on an image of rural domesticity, including a …

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Capital factors and rural women entrepreneurship development

Kungwansupaphan, Chonnatcha; Leihaothabam, Jibon Kumar … - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 31 (2016) 3, pp. 207-221

, institutional and financial capitals, in rural women entrepreneurship. The focus was on the handloom sector in Manipur, India …. Practical implications Rural women entrepreneurship needs are in line with understanding the roles of capital factors and their … study provides information on the role of capital factors on rural women entrepreneurship and contributes to better …

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Entrepreneurial motives and their antecedents of men and women in North Africa and the Middle East

Bastian, Bettina Lynda; Zali, Mohammad Reza - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 31 (2016) 7, pp. 456-478

-motivated entrepreneurship by men. Yet, it has no significant effect on women’s entrepreneurial motives. Design/methodology/approach This study … little attention in entrepreneurship research. …

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Patterns of female entrepreneurial activities in Turkey

Kalemci Tuzun, Ipek; Araz Takay, Bahar - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 32 (2017) 3, pp. 166-182

examine the characteristics of female entrepreneurship activity and their challenges/motivations in Turkey. This research …

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Working from home and the gender gap in earnings for self-employed US Millennials

Simon, Jessica; Way, Megan McDonald - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 30 (2015) 3, pp. 206-224

Purpose – This paper aims to explore gender differences in terms of self-employment for US Millennials, relating them to working from home as well as other factors. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a population-based survey, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which...

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Challenging the concept of risk in relation to women’s entrepreneurship

Humbert, Anne Laure; Brindley, Clare - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 30 (2015) 1, pp. 2-25

Purpose – This paper aims to challenge the myth of risk-averseness among women entrepreneurs and analyses risk in the context of gender. It explores risk perceptions and examines the relationship between the concept of risk and women’s socially attributed roles. Design/methodology/approach...

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Towards strengthening the development of women entrepreneurship in Malaysia

Ming Yen Teoh, Wendy; Choy Chong, Siong - In: Gender in Management: An International Journal 29 (2014) 7, pp. 432-453

Purpose – This paper aims to identify developmental issues associated with women entrepreneurship, with the Malaysian … entrepreneurship development in Malaysia is provided, drawing on the extant literature. The issues comprise cultural barriers, lack of … entrepreneurship. Practical implications – A summary is provided on the research and practical gaps from the perspective of …

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Micro‐finance: a critique

Block, Walter E. - In: Humanomics 28 (2012) 2, pp. 92-117

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed critical light on micro‐finance. Design/methodology/approach – This scheme is managed from an economic perspective. Findings – Micro‐finance comes to us as a left wing attack on the free enterprise system; as such, it ought to be opposed...

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Waqf as a framework for entrepreneurship

Iman, Abdul Hamid Mar; Mohammad, Mohammad Tahir Sabit Haji - In: Humanomics 33 (2017) 4, pp. 419-440

entrepreneurship can be practiced in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins by presenting an overview of waqf and its … role in entrepreneurship and proceeds by proposing a model of waqf -based entrepreneurship which is synthesized from … various models existing in the Islamic world. Findings The paper concludes by recommending waqf -based entrepreneurship as an …

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