Philippe Debroux

Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia

Opportunities and Challenges

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This detailed study of female entrepreneurship in Asia examines the high economic growth that is increasingly driven by market-oriented economic reforms favouring entrepreneurship. There is a higher awareness by women of their political and socio-economic rights and recognition by society at large of social legitimacy of women pursuing business activities in their own right. This book assesses socio-cultural and economic factors influencing female entrepreneurship in Asia as well as the process and the tools and challenges that accompany it.

Produktdetails

• Chandos Asian Studies Series
• Verlag: Chandos Publishing / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2013-0-16704-9
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 234mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780081014547
• Artikelnr.: 45326550

Autorenporträt

Professor Philippe Debroux is a Professor of International Management at Soka University (Japan). He is also visiting Professor of International Management and Human Resource Management on a regular basis at Hanoi Economic University, Tsukuba University (Japan), Rennes University Center for Japanese Studies (France) and Brussels Solvay Business School MBA program.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; The rising tide of entrepreneurship; Historical and current socio-political and economic context of female entrepreneurship; Evolution of the concept of female entrepreneurship and the reality of women-owned businesses; The institutional environment of female entrepreneurship; Women in the labour market; Public policy supporting female entrepreneurship; Results of the field survey; Conclusions.