All Outputs (3)

Female small business owners in China: discouraged, not discriminated. (2022)
Journal Article
CAGLAYAN, M., TALAVERA, O. and XIONG, L. 2022. Female small business owners in China: discouraged, not discriminated. Journal of international financial markets, institutions and money [online], 80, article number 101649. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101649

Using a unique small business loan application dataset from a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital loan platform in China, we show that female entrepreneurs are more likely to be discouraged from applying for funds after a failed attempt compared to their male... Read More about Female small business owners in China: discouraged, not discriminated..

Microfinance and micropreneurship in rural South-East Nigeria: an exploration of the effects of institutions. (2022)
Journal Article
UKANWA, I., XIONG, L., WASIM, J. and GALLOWAY, L. 2022. Microfinance and micropreneurship in rural South-East Nigeria: an exploration of the effects of institutions. Entrepreneurship and regional development [online], 34(7-8): special issue in memory of Professor Alistair Anderson 'Social perspectives of entrepreneuring', pages 650-667. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2087747

Informed by the work of Alistair Anderson on entrepreneurship as embedded in institutional contexts, this paper explores the experiences of 30 women micropreneurs in rural South-East Nigeria. These women are amongst the poorest people in the world an... Read More about Microfinance and micropreneurship in rural South-East Nigeria: an exploration of the effects of institutions..

Changing society: pioneering women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. (2022)
Thesis
ALGAHTANI, S. 2022. Changing society: pioneering women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1677949

The research examines the role of institutions influencing Saudi female entrepreneurs, and how they became enabled to be social agents and institutional entrepreneurs in a very traditional, family-orientated society - albeit facing pressures to chang... Read More about Changing society: pioneering women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia..