... climates relate to EI . Attention is paid to gender and STEM differences to assess how inequality and disciplinary contexts shape academic entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 1,027 academics across 39 Chilean universities and 20 fields. A two-level...

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...Bastian Burger; Sascha Kraus; Thomas K. Maran; Dominik K. Kanbach Purpose This study aims to investigate the association between narcissistic tendencies, gender and funding success in high-growth start-ups. It aims to bridge a critical research gap by exploring the combined effect of gender...

... interventions and policies are essential for inclusive growth and gender equality in entrepreneurship. Originality/value This paper offers a unique perspective by focusing on rural women entrepreneurs in Lebanon, exploring their specific challenges within the country's socioeconomic landscape. Its...

...Abdullah M. Aljarodi; Tojo Thatchenkery; David Urbano Purpose To date, few studies have incorporated female entrepreneurship into the context of a country that relies heavily on natural resources and still has a wide gender gap due to historically established cultural norms. This study aims...

... stakeholders’ characteristics (age, gender and media usage) and their attitudes towards the economic and sustainability goals? To answer these questions, this paper uses the World Bank survey on the UAE stakeholders’ perceptions about development priorities, which includes various stakeholders...

...Maheshkumar P. Joshi; Deepak Pandit; Shalini Rahul Tiwari; Archana Choudhary Purpose Using the extant literature review, this paper aims to explore the relationship between gender, entrepreneurial education (EE) and entrepreneurial intention (EI) in the Indian context, which the authors believe...

... approaches to studying women's entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and identify the key socio-cultural factors impacting women's entrepreneurial realities. Findings It was found that gender roles, family influence, social networking and religion are among the most significant factors...

... implications This suggest that the underlining causes of gender inequality in rural labour markets are institutional, including both social norms and the structure of labour market organizations, and can be holistically tackled through CSR programmes, government policies and building the strength of women...

...Edwina Pio; Shailendra Vyakarnam; Shima Barakat; Margaret McCammon Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss how ethnicity and gender influence high-tech entrepreneurship in the Cambridge cluster emphasizing homophily and how and why bridging and bonding ties are created in moving...

... Gender Unemployment Lagos State Gender discrimination Commercial driving Female commercial drivers The world over, there has been a change in the traditional values that assign to women the sole responsibilities of home care-taking and nurturing of children, but not economic providers...

... feminist action. Design/methodology/approach This paper analysed interviews conducted in the two countries over 15 years, using a holistic perspective on context, including its gendered dimensions. Findings The results amount to a critique of entrepreneurialism. Women in Sweden did not experience...

...Malin Tillmar; Helene Ahl; Karin Berglund; Katarina Pettersson Purpose Contrasting two countries with different gender regimes and welfare states, Sweden and Tanzania, this paper aims to analyse how the institutional context affects the ways in which a neo-liberal reform agenda is translated...

..., as it is essentially cross-sectional, describing and interpreting the current situation. A total 800 respondents were sampled across the coastal communities of the Niger Delta region. Findings The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model indicate that the GMoU model is gender...

... which are generally geared toward addressing socioeconomic and development issues such as poverty, hunger, economic growth, employment, etc. (Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2017). Goal “5,” which was set to achieve gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls, was targeted...

..., thus nipping any aspirations of a career in the bud. Such an approach inhibits independent utilization of faculties and is detrimental to the progress of women. Gender Discrimination Entrepreneur Startup Lucite ceiling technology/non-technology based; and non-agricultural...

..., alternative conceptualisations of the economy are expanded upon to reveal how an economic externality influences entrepreneurial discourse, gender roles and community resilience. Design/methodology/approach In this interpretive approach, empirical evidence is drawn from six months of intensive...

... to be subject to differences between female and male entrepreneurs (Welter and Smallbone, 2011). There are also a few important changes in the legal rules that presumably have different effects on women and men, some more gender-specific changes, stimulating the birth of children. In post-Soviet Russia, more...