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Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals
An Opportunity Nexus
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Léo-Paul Dana, Meghna Chhabra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 8 0 2 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 8 1 4 - 1
Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals is a compilation of state-of-the-art research articles and case studies on how women-owned businesses support one or… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWomen’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals is a compilation of state-of-the-art research articles and case studies on how women-owned businesses support one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Authored by experts from around the world, this book presents theoretical and empirical research to support sustainable development, especially studies of women’s entrepreneurship. This includes how sustainability is conceptualized in different contexts.
The book covers topics and themes such as gender differences and how women become entrepreneurs while considering the green economy; the impact of the female workforce participating in entrepreneurial activities and its relevance regarding sustainability; the importance of female entrepreneurship and its link with sustainable development; intrapreneurial female leaders and corporate sustainability orientation; and more.
Researchers, practitioners, and students of sustainability and entrepreneurship will find this a valuable source of up-to-date information on sustainable entrepreneurship issues and practical steps that can be taken to foster women in sustainable enterprises to advance the SDGs.
- Presents research related to the UN SDGs, particularly with a specific, actionable connection to the challenges and opportunities of women’s entrepreneurial community in practice
- Focuses on ways and means for promoting global initiatives to foster and support women’s entrepreneurship to advance innovation, social development, and gender equality
- Includes a section of case studies to highlight stories of women advancing the sustainable development goals around the world
Academicians and researchers working in the field of sustainability and entrepreneurship, aspiring and existing entrepreneurs, students with entrepreneurial potential and aspirations, policymakers, entrepreneurship/women entrepreneurship/sustainable entrepreneurship courses
- No. of pages: 250
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443288029
- eBook ISBN: 9780443298141
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Léo-Paul Dana
Léo-Paul Dana is Professor at ICD Business School, Groupe IGS, Paris, France, and at Dalhousie University. He is also Visiting Professor at Lappeenranta University of Technology and affiliated with Sorbonne Business School. A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he has served as Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and Visiting Professor at INSEAD. He has published extensively in a variety of journals, including Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice; International Business Review; International Small Business Journal; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Small Business Management; Journal of World Business; Small Business Economics; and Technological Forecasting & Social Change.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor; LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland & Ecole de commerce Paris - ICD Business School Groupe IGS, Paris France, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaMC
Meghna Chhabra
Dr. Meghna Chhabra is an academician with more than 15 years of teaching and corporate experience across institutions in India. She was educated in “Design Thinking” from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Her research interests include Women’s Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Education. Her other areas of interest include Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ventures and Sustainable Business Models. She is an Associate Editor at Journal of Enterprising Communities: People & Places and an editorial board member of the journal International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation and on the review board of many top-tier management journals. She is also on the editorial board of two books published by World Scientific. Dr. Meghna has more than forty publications in international journals, including the Journal of Cleaner Production, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Education and Training, Journal of Enterprising Communities, Business and Society Review, and Journal of Tourism Cities.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Delhi School of Business, New Delhi, India