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Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia
Opportunities and Challenges
- 1st Edition - August 5, 2010
- Author: Philippe Debroux
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 3 3 4 - 3 9 8 - 1
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 1 4 5 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 7 8 0 6 3 - 2 4 2 - 1
This detailed study of female entrepreneurship in Asia examines the high economic growth that is increasingly driven by market-oriented economic reforms favouring entrepreneurship.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis 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
Students and academics in Asian studies, international business managers
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.
- No. of pages: 260
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 5, 2010
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Hardback ISBN: 9781843343981
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081014547
- eBook ISBN: 9781780632421
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Philippe Debroux
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.
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Soka University, JapanRead Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia on ScienceDirect