Women Entrepreneurship in Turkey as an Emerging Economy

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-62
Author(s):  
Ayşegül Özbebek Tunç ◽  
Deniz Palalar Alkan
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Turkish Women ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Growing Body

There is a growing body of research conducted on entrepreneurship and the importance of globalization, and its effect on emerging markets also plays a role in excelling entrepreneurial studies. In this chapter, the authors introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and then discuss the trends that are shaping startups and the role of women entrepreneurs in an emerging economy. They lay out the past, current, and future predictions on profiling Turkish women entrepreneurs and will support such prediction with reports. The essential objective of this chapter is to explore the overall position of entrepreneurial conditions for women in Turkey. From this aspect, this chapter may provide a basis for future studies and contribute to related literature and practical studies. The strength of this study is to present some practical projections about this field so that it combines theoretical and practical studies in the past and current with foresights for future.

scholarly journals Women Entrepreneurship across Nations

2016 ◽  
pp. 189-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suja R. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Significant Contributor ◽  
The Past ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Many

Since the past two decades the concept of women entrepreneurship has gained recognition as a significant contributor towards the economic growth of the country. This can be attributed to the many encouraging factors like family support, flexibility in work family schedule, encouraging policies etc. Nevertheless, there also exist certain barriers that hinder their path of progress. In the context of globalization today, women entrepreneurs across nations are also engaged in identifying opportunities for further growth. In this pursuit they face a number of challenges amidst the opportunities. The chapter intends to make a contribution to the topic of women entrepreneurship by examining what initiates entrepreneurship among individuals, comparison between male and female entrepreneurs, factors that encourage women entrepreneurs as well as those that inhibit their growth and on ways to overcome the challenges they face.

scholarly journals Symposium: ‘The BRICS, Global Governance, and Challenges for South–South Cooperation in a Post-Western World’

2021 ◽  
pp. 019251212110522
Author(s):  
Niall Duggan ◽  
Bas Hooijmaaijers ◽  
Marek Rewizorski ◽  
Ekaterina Arapova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Past ◽  
Power Shift ◽  
Global Power ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Political Economic

Over the past decades, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries have experienced significant economic growth. However, their political voices in global governance have not grown on par with their economic surge. The contributions to the symposium ‘The BRICS, Global Governance, and Challenges for South–South Cooperation in a Post-Western World’ argue there is a quest for emerging markets and developing countries to play a more significant role in global governance. There is a widening gap between the actual role of emerging markets and developing countries in the global system and their ability to participate in that system. However, for the moment, various domestic and international political-economic challenges limit this quest. To understand why this is the case, one should understand the BRICS phenomenon in the broader context of the global power shift towards the Global South.

Role and Prospects of Women Entrepreneurs in the Agriculture Sector of India

2022 ◽  
pp. 250-260
Author(s):  
Faran Ahmad Qadri ◽  
Saima Shadab ◽  
Arifa Khan
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Past ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Government

This chapter mainly focuses on the role and prospects of women entrepreneurs (or women agri-entrepreneurs) in India's agriculture sector. India has witnessed unprecedented growth in the total number of entrepreneurs and innovations over the past many years. Despite this appreciable growth, the role of women entrepreneurs remains devitalised and underutilised, which requires proper attention by the government and other stakeholders of the country. However, over the past many years, the government has taken various crucial initiatives to promote the role of women entrepreneurs, especially in the agriculture sector. As a result, there has been a remarkable transformation in the share and contribution of women entrepreneurs engaged in the agriculture sector. Therefore, the chapter examines the trend and pattern of women agri-entrepreneurs in India and highlights their challenges.

Hybrid Models for Conjoint Analysis: An Expository Review

1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Green
Keyword(s):  
Conjoint Analysis ◽  
Hybrid Models ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Industry Applications ◽  
Validation Tests ◽  
Data Collection Effort

Over the past few years hybrid models for conjoint analysis have been developed to reduce data collection effort and time. Hybrid models combine features of self-explicated utility measurement with more traditional conjoint analysis. A classification of hybrid models is presented, followed by a review of their comparative performance in cross-validation tests. Though hybrid models represent an attempt to cope with an important practical problem in industry applications of conjoint techniques, these models entail a number of untested assumptions requiring further theoretical analysis and empirical research. Suggestions are offered on future studies that are essential before the role of hybrid models in conjoint methods can be evaluated properly.

Influence of Education in the Augmentation of Women Entrepreneurship

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipu Varghese
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Opportunity Identification ◽  
Hypothetical Model ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Steady Growth

Entrepreneurship can be considered as the backbone of any economy. Global economy is observing steady growth in the number of women entrepreneurs. In this paper, the role of formal and informal education, in boosting up of women Entrepreneurship is discussed. The influence of education in three different angles, opportunity identification, entry into Entrepreneurship and firm competency are taken into consideration to develop a hypothetical model which can be tested empirically.

Women Entrepreneurship Across Nations

2017 ◽  
pp. 968-995
Author(s):  
Suja R. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Significant Contributor ◽  
The Past ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Many

Since the past two decades the concept of women entrepreneurship has gained recognition as a significant contributor towards the economic growth of the country. This can be attributed to the many encouraging factors like family support, flexibility in work family schedule, encouraging policies etc. Nevertheless, there also exist certain barriers that hinder their path of progress. In the context of globalization today, women entrepreneurs across nations are also engaged in identifying opportunities for further growth. In this pursuit they face a number of challenges amidst the opportunities. The chapter intends to make a contribution to the topic of women entrepreneurship by examining what initiates entrepreneurship among individuals, comparison between male and female entrepreneurs, factors that encourage women entrepreneurs as well as those that inhibit their growth and on ways to overcome the challenges they face.

Interleukin-17A in Alzheimer’s disease: recent advances and controversies

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-Zhu Yan ◽  
Laijun Lai ◽  
Qiang Ao ◽  
Xiao-hong Tian ◽  
Yan-hui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interleukin 17A ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease which mainly affects older adults. Although the global burden of AD is increasing year by year, the causes of AD remain largely unknown. Numerous basic and clinical studies have shown that interleukin-17A (IL-17A) may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of AD. A comprehensive assessment ofthe role of IL-17A in AD would benefit the diagnosis, understanding of etiology and treatment. However, over the past decade controversies remain regarding the expression level and role of IL-17A in AD. We have incorporated newly published researches and point out that IL-17A expression levels may vary along with the development of AD, exercising different roles at different stages of AD, although much more work remains to be done to support the potential role of IL-17A in AD-related pathology.Here, it is our intention to review the underlying mechanisms of IL-17A in AD and address the current controversies, in an effort to clarify the results of existing research and suggest future studies.

Women entrepreneurship and sustainable development: select case studies from the sustainable energy sector

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritika Mahajan ◽  
Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
The Body ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it discusses the role of entrepreneurship, in general, and women entrepreneurship, in particular, in advancing the cause of sustainable development. Future research directions that emerge from the body of knowledge that the paper relied upon have been identified. Second, it presents unique cases of eight women-led enterprises in energy sector spread across three continents, namely, Asia, Africa and the USA; identifies the constraints and opportunities, analyses the business models and their impact on the quality of life pointers to demonstrate the role of women-led enterprises in sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach The paper combines a schematic review of literature at the interface of entrepreneurship and sustainable development coupled with select relevant case studies addressing the interface. The real-life case studies, which are consciously chosen and compiled from secondary data sources, complement and testify the insights drawn from the schematic literature review. The framework for analyzing the case studies is designed around multidimensional drivers and factors that steer the women-led enterprises. Findings The paper identified the need to look at entrepreneurship through the gendered lens not only for studying entrepreneurship as a discipline, in general, but also to gauge whether the inclusion of women as entrepreneurs is actually advancing the cause of sustainable development. Besides analyzing real-life case studies of accomplished women entrepreneurs to gauge their motivations and mindsets, the process of identification of pain points, identifying differentiating and innovative features, or studying the impact on society, economy and environment, the paper eventually created a schematic framework of key enablers, constraints and strategic response of women entrepreneurs. Originality/value Given the dearth of adequate theoretical and empirical contributions on the study of effectuation, mindsets and drivers of how women entrepreneurship steers the process of sustainable development, the paper is an endeavour in that direction.

Role of women entrepreneurs and NGOs in promoting entrepreneurship: case studies from Uttarakhand, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Lenka ◽  
Sucheta Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Right

Purpose Women establish their enterprise for economic independence and empowerment. This study aims to identify the factors that promote women entrepreneurship in Uttarakhand, a state in India. Although, women have the potential to become entrepreneurs, they do not have the right opportunities to explore it. Therefore, the role of non-government organizations (NGOs) is imminent in supporting women's entrepreneurial cause. Design/methodology/approach The problems of women entrepreneurs during venture creation have been explored. Case studies of women entrepreneurs and NGOs operating in Uttarakhand have been developed through an in-depth interview method. Findings Entrepreneurial learning occurs because of certain personal, social and environmentally driven motivational factors. Entrepreneurial learning helps in the development of personal, social, managerial and entrepreneurial competencies. These competencies are essential for the performance of an enterprise. Practical implications This study provides directions to policymakers and researchers to focus on developmental programmes for women entrepreneurs. Originality/value This study explores a conceptual framework for the promotion of women entrepreneurship.

A gendered lens on entrepreneurship: women entrepreneurship in Turkey

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceyda Maden
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Turkish Women ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Successful Women

Purpose – This study aims to shed light on women’s entrepreneurship in Turkey by focusing on the profile of women entrepreneurs, key drivers behind their decision to establish their own business, challenges they face while initiating and running their business and support mechanisms for women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted by ten successful women entrepreneurs in Turkey. Survey forms were also sent to the representatives of four different organizations that support women entrepreneurship. Three completed survey forms were received back from these organizations. Four key areas that originate from the research question (i.e. profile, drivers, problems and support mechanisms) have constituted the basis of the semi-structured interview guide and that of thematic analysis. Findings – The results have revealed that there are important similarities among Turkish women entrepreneurs with respect to their personality traits or characteristics. Successful women entrepreneurs in Turkey were described as being persistent and determined, patient, mentally strong and visionary and innovative. The interviews also revealed that exploiting unique opportunities in the business environment, working for the good of society and being independent in one’s decisions and actions are the major factors behind Turkish women entrepreneurs’ decision to become entrepreneurs. On the other hand, finding and managing capital emerged as the most important problem for women entrepreneurs in Turkey despite the existence of various support mechanisms. Finally, the findings showed that the majority of women entrepreneurs in Turkey use traditional ways (i.e. governmental and non-governmental support mechanisms and banks) to get financial support. Family members and business partners are the other sources of financial support, which may also provide moral support to women entrepreneurs. Research limitations/implications – The generalizability of the findings is limited, as the study is exploratory, rather than causal in nature. Practical implications – This study provides certain recommendations to the interested parties, such as policymakers, to create a proper economic, social, political, cultural and legal environment for women in which they can freely and willingly go into and run business. Originality/value – The paper fills an important gap in the literature by systematically reviewing the extant literature on women entrepreneurship in Turkey and combining and comparing the prior findings with qualitative data derived from the interviews with ten successful women entrepreneurs.

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