WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE GREEK COUNTRYSIDE: A TYPOLOGY ACCORDING TO MOTIVES AND BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS

Olga Iakovidou (), Stavriani Koutsou and Maria Partalidou
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Olga Iakovidou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, P. O. Box 232, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Stavriani Koutsou: Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, School of Agricultural Technology, Department of Farm Management, P. O. Box 141, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Partalidou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, P. O. Box 232, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2009, vol. 14, issue 02, 165-179

Abstract: Differences between male and female entrepreneurs provide compelling reasons to study the latter separately. Especially in rural areas, research shows that women are a remarkable and unexplored source of the labor force. Nevertheless, few researchers have examined rural women and the issues pertaining to their entrepreneurship separately. The contribution of this study to the debate of women entrepreneurship is the closer examination of women in Greek rural areas. This research aims to examine factors that must be considered independently with recognition to the variances of rural areas with different geomorphologic and economic profiles. The characteristics of women entrepreneurship in Greek rural areas and the women's motives for the undertaking of the entrepreneurial activity are used to identify a typology of women entrepreneurs in the Greek countryside.

Keywords: Women entrepreneurs; rural areas; typology; motives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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