Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia

Opportunities and Challenges

AvPhilippe Debroux

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This detailed study of female entrepreneurship in Asia examines the high economic growth that is increasingly driven by market-oriented economic reforms favouring entrepreneurship. There is a higher awareness by women of their political and socio-economic rights and recognition by society at large of social legitimacy of women pursuing business activities in their own right. This book assesses socio-cultural and economic factors influencing female entrepreneurship in Asia as well as the process and the tools and challenges that accompany it.

Opportunity to acquire knowledge on the socio-economic roles played by women as entrepreneurs in the region
Description and analysis of the issue in countries at different stages of economic development and with different socio-economic and cultural environment
A broad approach encompassing historical, political, sociological, economics and businesses-related aspects of female entrepreneurship

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-19
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chandos Asian Studies Series
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780081014547

Utforska kategorier

Entreprenörskap inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Professor Philippe Debroux is a Professor of International Management at Soka University (Japan). He is also visiting Professor of International Management and Human Resource Management on a regular basis at Hanoi Economic University, Tsukuba University (Japan), Rennes University Center for Japanese Studies (France) and Brussels Solvay Business School MBA program.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; The rising tide of entrepreneurship; Historical and current socio-political and economic context of female entrepreneurship; Evolution of the concept of female entrepreneurship and the reality of women-owned businesses; The institutional environment of female entrepreneurship; Women in the labour market; Public policy supporting female entrepreneurship; Results of the field survey; Conclusions.