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Table 1

Recent studies on women's entrepreneurship

Author	Country	Participants	Methodology	Key variables	Major findings	Research gap
Ditta-Apichai et al. (2020)	Thailand	Tourism micro-entrepreneurs	Thematic analysis	None	Tourism offers customized tours, individual tour guides, local food experiences, workshops and community-based activities	This study is restricted to micro-entrepreneurship in Thailand made possible by sharing-economy platforms
Rosca et al. (2020)	India and Colombia	4 firms	Multiple case study approach	None	When it comes to social issues, female social entrepreneurs are very driven	Only the unique difficulties faced by female entrepreneurs in the context of emerging markets are highlighted
Al Mamun et al. (2021)	Bangladesh	60 Female Entrepreneurs	Qualitative and exploratory descriptive research	None	The main challenges faced by female entrepreneurs are a lack of capital, along with issues related to communication and transportation	The focus is solely on the challenges, without considering the potential opportunities
Neumeyer et al. (2019)	USA	120 Men and Women Entrepreneurs	Qualitative	Network connectivity, social capital, venture networks and entrepreneurial ecosystem	While women entrepreneurs outperform their male counterparts in lifestyle and survival venture networks, male entrepreneurs exhibit better comparative scores of bridging social capital in aggressive and managed-growth venture networks	It takes a lot of time to build up a dataset utilizing respondent-driven sampling
Rudhumbu et al. (2020)	Botswana	400 women entrepreneurs	Quantitative	Access to finance, success of women entrepreneurship, limited business networks, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship skills, gender discrimination and work and home responsibilities	Although there were several obstacles for female entrepreneurs, Botswana's legislative and regulatory framework was very favorable and encouraging of their business ventures	The study only used a quantitative approach to collect data
Kitole and Genda (2024)	Tanzania	540 women-led enterprises	Quantitative- Survey	Value addition initiatives, skill development training, financing availability and resilience tactics	The performance of women entrepreneurs is greatly impacted by resilience tactics, such as value addition initiatives, skill development training, financing availability, diversification of revenue sources and sustainable agricultural methods	Focusing solely on female entrepreneurs in remote areas
Zhu et al. (2019)	Vietnam and China	350 women entrepreneurs	Quantitative-Survey method	Motivations, success factors and problems	In both China and Vietnam, women entrepreneurs are driven to increase their revenue. Both Vietnamese and Chinese women believe that effective administration is necessary to accomplish their objectives	Limited to motivations, challenges and success factors
Liñán et al. (2022)	Spain	1,195 women	Quantitative	Gender-role orientation, perceived entrepreneurial culture and entrepreneurial process	Women who identify as masculine or androgynous are more likely to pursue professions in entrepreneurship	The sample originates from a single nation
Özsungur (2019)	Turkeyu	132 women entrepreneurs	Mixed-Method Evaluation Design	Push and balance factors, pull and emotional factors and emotional and push factors	Push and pull factors, balance and emotional factors number of intersections are larger than others	There is an overlap between quantitative and qualitative data
Al-Qahtani et al. (2022)	Qatar	25 women entrepreneurs	Qualitative approach	None	There are few programs promoting entrepreneurship, social and economic contributions, and employment for women in Qatar	Preliminary step in a larger effort to comprehend the problems surrounding women's business in Qatar

Author	Country	Participants	Methodology	Key variables	Major findings	Research gap
Ditta-Apichai et al. (2020)	Thailand	Tourism micro-entrepreneurs	Thematic analysis	None	Tourism offers customized tours, individual tour guides, local food experiences, workshops and community-based activities	This study is restricted to micro-entrepreneurship in Thailand made possible by sharing-economy platforms
Rosca et al. (2020)	India and Colombia	4 firms	Multiple case study approach	None	When it comes to social issues, female social entrepreneurs are very driven	Only the unique difficulties faced by female entrepreneurs in the context of emerging markets are highlighted
Al Mamun et al. (2021)	Bangladesh	60 Female Entrepreneurs	Qualitative and exploratory descriptive research	None	The main challenges faced by female entrepreneurs are a lack of capital, along with issues related to communication and transportation	The focus is solely on the challenges, without considering the potential opportunities
Neumeyer et al. (2019)	USA	120 Men and Women Entrepreneurs	Qualitative	Network connectivity, social capital, venture networks and entrepreneurial ecosystem	While women entrepreneurs outperform their male counterparts in lifestyle and survival venture networks, male entrepreneurs exhibit better comparative scores of bridging social capital in aggressive and managed-growth venture networks	It takes a lot of time to build up a dataset utilizing respondent-driven sampling
Rudhumbu et al. (2020)	Botswana	400 women entrepreneurs	Quantitative	Access to finance, success of women entrepreneurship, limited business networks, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship skills, gender discrimination and work and home responsibilities	Although there were several obstacles for female entrepreneurs, Botswana's legislative and regulatory framework was very favorable and encouraging of their business ventures	The study only used a quantitative approach to collect data
Kitole and Genda (2024)	Tanzania	540 women-led enterprises	Quantitative- Survey	Value addition initiatives, skill development training, financing availability and resilience tactics	The performance of women entrepreneurs is greatly impacted by resilience tactics, such as value addition initiatives, skill development training, financing availability, diversification of revenue sources and sustainable agricultural methods	Focusing solely on female entrepreneurs in remote areas
Zhu et al. (2019)	Vietnam and China	350 women entrepreneurs	Quantitative-Survey method	Motivations, success factors and problems	In both China and Vietnam, women entrepreneurs are driven to increase their revenue. Both Vietnamese and Chinese women believe that effective administration is necessary to accomplish their objectives	Limited to motivations, challenges and success factors
Liñán et al. (2022)	Spain	1,195 women	Quantitative	Gender-role orientation, perceived entrepreneurial culture and entrepreneurial process	Women who identify as masculine or androgynous are more likely to pursue professions in entrepreneurship	The sample originates from a single nation
Özsungur (2019)	Turkeyu	132 women entrepreneurs	Mixed-MethodEvaluation Design	Push and balance factors, pull and emotional factors and emotional and push factors	Push and pull factors, balance and emotional factors number of intersections arelarger than others	There is an overlap between quantitative and qualitative data
Al-Qahtani et al. (2022)	Qatar	25 women entrepreneurs	Qualitative approach	None	There are few programs promoting entrepreneurship, social and economic contributions, and employment for women in Qatar	Preliminary step in a larger effort to comprehend the problems surrounding women's business in Qatar

Source(s): Authors’ own work