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Empowerment Against All Odds: Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa

Empowerment Against All Odds: Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa

Bettina Lynda Bastian
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522520665|ISBN10: 152252066X|EISBN13: 9781522520672
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2066-5.ch006
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Bastian, Bettina Lynda. "Empowerment Against All Odds: Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa." Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in the Middle East, edited by Philippe W. Zgheib, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 105-121. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2066-5.ch006

APA

Bastian, B. L. (2017). Empowerment Against All Odds: Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa. In P. Zgheib (Ed.), Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in the Middle East (pp. 105-121). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2066-5.ch006

Chicago

Bastian, Bettina Lynda. "Empowerment Against All Odds: Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa." In Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in the Middle East, edited by Philippe W. Zgheib, 105-121. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2066-5.ch006

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Abstract

The number of women-owned businesses worldwide has increased significantly, a development that extends to other parts of the world, such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This region's cultural and socioeconomic idiosyncrasies offer unique perspectives on women entrepreneurship. This article provides a critical overview over the situation of female entrepreneurship in the region, which takes into consideration challenges and opportunities on the level of the individual entrepreneurs, as well as on the macro environmental level. We finally discuss constructive solutions in order to increase the number of women business founders.

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