Women entrepreneurs in and from developing countries: Evidences from the literature

Luisa De Vita, Michela Mari and Sara Poggesi

European Management Journal, 2014, vol. 32, issue 3, 451-460

Abstract: Entrepreneurship has a leading role in economic development worldwide and, although it has usually been considered as a male dominated activity, recent studies emphasize how significant the contribution of women today is: in 2010, almost 42% of entrepreneurs in the world were, indeed, women (GEM, 2010).

Keywords: Female entrepreneurship in developing countries; Immigrant women entrepreneurs; Systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.07.009

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