... © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Middle East Multi-level approach Sports leadership Iran Over the past two decades, women’s participation in sports has increased globally; however, the underrepresentation...

... used for online advertising to attract more clients, to establish business contacts with peers and to manage households positively. Research limitations/implications The result of the research cannot be regarded as applicable to all women in Iran, as the opportunity to access online economic...

...Meisam Modarresi; Zahra Arasti; Kambiz Talebi; Maghsoud Farasatkhah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the growth barriers of women’s home-based businesses (HBBs) in Iran. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative approach was used by 22 in-depth interviews with Iranian female...

... Monitor, a sample of 16,365 entrepreneurs is used to compare the gendering of entrepreneurs’ networks in China and five countries largely located around the Persian Gulf, namely Yemen, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Findings Analyses show that female entrepreneurs tend to have...

... affecting women entrepreneurs in Iran. This group is not well understood in this journal as much since the research on women entrepreneurs has focused mainly on female business owners in the Western world (Farr‐Wharton and Brunetto, 2009 ; Fielden and Dawe, 2004 ; Klyver and Terjesen, 2007 ; Moore et...