Between Handholding and Hand-held Devices: Marketing Through Smartphone Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship in Post Conflict Economies in Times of Crisis

Nisreen Ameen (), Nnamdi O. Madichie () and Amitabh Anand
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Nisreen Ameen: University of London
Nnamdi O. Madichie: Bloomsbury Institute
Amitabh Anand: Excelia Business School, CERIIM

Information Systems Frontiers, 2023, vol. 25, issue 1, No 22, 423 pages

Abstract: Abstract There is a wide gender gap in developing countries due to a range of cultural, economic and political barriers. This is even more accentuated in post conflict economies in times of crisis. Smartphones and mobile applications can help to narrow this gap. The economic and non-economic challenges facing women entrepreneurs and the role of smartphone innovation in overcoming these challenges and developing strong marketing strategies were investigated. We drew on the 5 M model to investigate how mobile applications can support women entrepreneurs. We conducted thirty interviews with women entrepreneurs in Iraq. The findings show that mobile applications provided these entrepreneurs with innovative ways to overcome many of the challenges they face in relation to running a business. The research provides theoretical contributions by developing an integrated, multilevel analytical model on women in entrepreneurship based on extending the 5 M model with new technology-related elements. Practical, policy and managerial implications are discussed.

Keywords: Smartphone; Innovation; 5 M model; Women entrepreneurs; Women’s empowerment; Mobile marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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