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Women Entrepreneurship across Nations: Opportunities and Challenges

Women Entrepreneurship across Nations: Opportunities and Challenges

Suja R. Nair
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781466687981|ISBN10: 1466687983|EISBN13: 9781466687998
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8798-1.ch009
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Nair, Suja R. "Women Entrepreneurship across Nations: Opportunities and Challenges." Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Knowledge-Based Global Economy, edited by Neeta Baporikar, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 189-216. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8798-1.ch009

APA

Nair, S. R. (2016). Women Entrepreneurship across Nations: Opportunities and Challenges. In N. Baporikar (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Knowledge-Based Global Economy (pp. 189-216). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8798-1.ch009

Chicago

Nair, Suja R. "Women Entrepreneurship across Nations: Opportunities and Challenges." In Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary Knowledge-Based Global Economy, edited by Neeta Baporikar, 189-216. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8798-1.ch009

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Abstract

Since the past two decades the concept of women entrepreneurship has gained recognition as a significant contributor towards the economic growth of the country. This can be attributed to the many encouraging factors like family support, flexibility in work family schedule, encouraging policies etc. Nevertheless, there also exist certain barriers that hinder their path of progress. In the context of globalization today, women entrepreneurs across nations are also engaged in identifying opportunities for further growth. In this pursuit they face a number of challenges amidst the opportunities. The chapter intends to make a contribution to the topic of women entrepreneurship by examining what initiates entrepreneurship among individuals, comparison between male and female entrepreneurs, factors that encourage women entrepreneurs as well as those that inhibit their growth and on ways to overcome the challenges they face.

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