women entrepreneurs

Episode 44 – Carmelita Euline Ginting-Carlström – A discourse of virtue: how poor women entrepreneurs justify their activities in the context of moderate Islam

19 July 2022 Vincent Lefebvre Authors Comments Off on Episode 44 – Carmelita Euline Ginting-Carlström – A discourse of virtue: how poor women entrepreneurs justify their activities in the context of moderate Islam

Entrepreneurship has been both celebrated and critiqued in terms of its ability to assist women in developing countries to overcome the constraints of patriarchy, with recent views acknowledging its potential for incremental, dialectical change. This is particularly true for women entrepreneurs in contexts where Islamic gender relations are practiced, which can pose certain limits to…

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Authors – E29 – Alain Daou – Redefining boundaries: the case of women angel investors in a patriarchal context

8 March 2022 Vincent Lefebvre Authors Comments Off on Authors – E29 – Alain Daou – Redefining boundaries: the case of women angel investors in a patriarchal context

While angel investment is a vital source of seed capital, evidence suggests that gendered ascriptions leave women at a disadvantage in terms of both the supply and demand for angel finance.

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