...Natasha Saqib; Faseeh Amin; Shuchi Gupta Purpose Entrepreneurship is a key driver of social and economic development. While previous studies have extensively explored the direct impact of personality traits on entrepreneurial intention (EI), limited research has examined the mediating role...

...Lukman Raimi Purpose This study reviews the literature on shadow and gig economy models to highlight their effects on entrepreneurship and business development in emerging markets. In particular, it examines how these models create opportunities for income generation and employment while operating...

...Divya Mishra; Gopika Mangla; Nidhi Maheshwari Purpose This research investigates the barriers hindering women from pursuing entrepreneurship as a career choice, particularly in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach The study employs rigorous data analysis techniques, including...

...Toan Khanh Tran Pham Purpose The impacts of institutional quality on entrepreneurship are well established. However, the effects of an external factor, such as the shadow economy, that moderates this relationship have largely been neglected in existing literature. As such, this paper investigates...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Women entrepreneurship Push factor Pull factor Entrepreneurship Startup motivations Startup challenges Micro small and medium enterprises The economic progress of any state or region is driven to a great extent by the ideas, innovations, passion...

... between income inequality and entrepreneurship, while moderating for institutional quality. The greasing effects suggest that income inequality can promote entrepreneurial activity, while the sanding effects disincentivise it. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine this relationship using...

...Vanessa Ratten A commentary is provided on crisis management from a social entrepreneurship perspective with the goal of understanding the social benefits of collective action resulting from the covid-19 pandemic. This approach offers a novel way to understand the social policy implications...

... of female entrepreneurs from an institutional perspective for India in general and Rajasthan in particular. Women Institutional theory Motivations Entrepreneurship Challenges of women entrepreneurs The need to improve the status of women and the promotion of women’s roles in economic...

...Vanessa Ratten; Kayhan Tajeddini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on women’s entrepreneurship and internationalization in order to build an understanding about future trends. There is increasing interest in the role of women in entrepreneurship yet little research has...

.... Findings The paper focusses on risky shuttle trade as well as crime-related risks of business, as poignant illustrations of problems of entrepreneurship linked with informal economy. The risks are seen as social facts, objective or constructed, in some cases pointing out also how people speak about them...

... as the best country for supporting women entrepreneurship. According to the “glass-ceiling index” published yearly by The Economist New Zealand is seen as a place where women have a high chance of equal treatment at work. Similar to many developed countries, New Zealand women also face barriers...

... and makes several contributions to the literature. Entrepreneurship Marketing capabilities Informal microenterprises Street food vending Many scholars and practitioners agree that marketing capabilities of micro-firms especially those operating in informal sector is different from larger...

... empirical based theory on the interaction between schools and NGOs as entrepreneurial activity. Miri Yemini can be contacted at: miriye@post.tau.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Entrepreneurship Schools NGO In 2002, the first PISA was conducted in Israel. The poor...

...Robert Smith Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the industrial exploitation of fishing quotas as a case of organized criminal entrepreneurship. Seldom is consideration given to the existence of informal and criminal entrepreneurship within the fishing industry. Consequentially...

.... Eijaz Ahmed Khan can be contacted at: eijaz_2@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Entrepreneurship Informal economy Informal microenterprises (IMs) – very tiny businesses – are commonly featured in most developing countries. They are seen as income-generating...

... of our methodological approach and a presentation of the key findings. We conclude by suggesting that a focus on innovation and provision of new tools of service delivery in place based policy can stimulate entrepreneurship in rural places. We define animateurs as those members of communities who...