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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
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Author(s): Bettina Lynda Bastian (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 13
Source title: Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1923-2.ch085

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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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