Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

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 environmentA broad approach encompassing historical, political, sociological, economics and businesses-related aspects of female entrepreneurship INDICE: 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.

• ISBN: 978-0-08-101454-7
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 260
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés