Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: Trends and Challenges

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Introduction: Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies as a Significant but Understudied Field....Pages 1-8
Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: An Overview....Pages 9-30
Motivational Factors of Female Entrepreneurs....Pages 31-44
Female Entrepreneurs’ Start-Ups: Emotional Versus Traditional Support....Pages 45-66
Gender-based Determinants of Innovative Activity in Southeast European Established Entrepreneurs....Pages 67-86
Does an Entrepreneur’s Gender Matter for Credibility and Financing of SMEs?....Pages 87-111
Privileging Women’s Voices and Experiences: A Career Perspective to Study Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies....Pages 113-128
Gender (In)equality in Entrepreneurship: Challenges for Romania....Pages 129-158
The Profile of Female Entrepreneurs in the Republic of Macedonia....Pages 159-180
Female Entrepreneurship in Albania: State, Trends, and Challenges....Pages 181-200
The Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Case Studies of Female Polish Entrepreneurs....Pages 201-224
Female Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey....Pages 225-245
Women Entrepreneurs in Chile: Three Decades of Challenges and Lessons in Innovation and Business Sustainability....Pages 247-264
One Nigerian “Femtrepreneur”: A Case Study of Virtue in Business....Pages 265-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-281