... a novel approach that shifts the focus towards the antecedents of the informal institutional environment. Design/methodology/approach This research considers four informal institutions typical for Confucian Asia about their influence on CCS: power distance, perceived individual independence, openness...

... there are many studies on the impacts of formal institutions such as government financial supporting and tax preferential policies on women entrepreneurial entry, few attempted to explore how informal institutions causes cross-country differences in women entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper...