...Namrata Gupta; Henry Etzkowitz Purpose This study aims to understand the socio-cultural context of Indian women's high-tech entrepreneurial experience. Despite a small proportion of women entrepreneurs, and the traditional gender dynamics among the educated middle-classes that appears...

...Alex Anlesinya; Oluwayemisi Ajoke Adepoju; Ulf Henning Richter Purpose This purpose of this paper is to examine cultural orientations and intention of Ghanaian women to engage in entrepreneurship while assessing the role of perceived support system. The aim is to contribute to the literature...

..., culture, family, institutional factors, gender and social capital – as possible barriers for MWEs. Findings further indicate that among those barriers, culture, family, social capital and gender have the potential to play a dual role for MWEs, by acting either as a barrier or an enabler. Findings also...

... to document the existence of a particular gendered local regime in the form of “Essex‐Boy culture”. Findings The findings although tentative indicate that as a recognised gendered local regime Essex‐Boy identity manifests itself physically at a conceptual, gendered, geographic, community and cultural...

... increases, there is less economic necessity for a woman to enter the labor force (Browning et al., 1994 ; Nelson, 1994). Michael Troilo can be contacted at: mike‐troilo@utulsa.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Women Entrepreneurs Culture Entrepreneurialism...