Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship
Foreign Direct Investment and Female Entrepreneurship

Author: Sheng Fang

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13:

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Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such as business environment and female empowerment, and their interactions with foreign direct investment. Female entrepreneurship rises with foreign direct investment inflow, lower entry barriers for women, women's better access to finance, higher female labor force participation, and women's better education. The positive association of foreign direct investment inflow and female entrepreneurship is stronger for firms in the service sectors and small firms. The horizontal competition effects of intra-industry foreign direct investment for female entrepreneurship are reduced when women face lower entry barriers for starting a business and have a higher labor force participation rate, and the effects do not depend on women's access to finance or their level of education.

Foreign Direct Investment and Women Empowerment: New Evidence on Developing Countries
Foreign Direct Investment and Women Empowerment: New Evidence on Developing Countries

Author: Rasmané Ouedraogo

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1484344847

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This paper assesses the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on gender development and gender inequality. In fact, FDI through increased labor demand, technological spillovers but mostly through corporate social responsibility and economic growth, can potentially influence women’s welfare. Using a panel dataset of 94 developing countries from 1990 to 2015, we find that FDI inflows improve women’s welfare and decrease gender inequality. However, the impact is lower in countries where women have low access to resources and face a heavier burden to open a business. This suggests that for countries to fully benefit from FDI inflows, they should ensure that women can enjoy free access to the labor market and associated income.

Foreign Direct Investment And Small And Medium Enterprises: Productivity And Access To Finance
Foreign Direct Investment And Small And Medium Enterprises: Productivity And Access To Finance

Author: Khee Giap Tan

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2015-03-25

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9814678821

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There is a large literature dealing with the spillover effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to emerging and developing economies at the aggregate level. Beyond the aggregate impacts, a growing number of studies also examine the impact of FDI spillovers on firms of different sizes, especially small and medium enterprises (SME). This book is dedicated to exploring issues relating to the various interactions between FDI flows, productivity spillovers and SMEs in Asia and beyond. It studies globalization, FDI, and regional innovation in China, and trade and investment liberalization in India. It analyses how to promote SMEs and enhance labor productivity in Singapore. It investigates the impact of intellectual property rights processes on productivity growth. It documents the use of finance and financing patterns of informal firms. It uses empirical analysis to point out the limitations of traditional banks lending to SMEs and suggests possible policy approaches facilitating them to access growth capital. It also provides an empirical investigation of the main determinants of entrepreneurial activities.

Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation
Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation

Author: Dafna Kariv

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 041589686X

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Women represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs today. Tracing women's journey along the venture creation process, Kariv's book highlights the creatively different ways in which women approach the entrepreneurial enterprise.

Female Entrepreneurship as a Driving Force of Economic Growth and Social Change
Female Entrepreneurship as a Driving Force of Economic Growth and Social Change

Author: Daniel, Ana Dias

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-04-24

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1668476711

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In the last decade, female entrepreneurship has gained considerable attention from both academicians and policymakers. Despite the proliferation of studies, this field of research is characterized by being a highly multidisciplinary and dispersed field, encompassing studies from a wide range of disciplines such as business and management, education, political science, technology, and innovation. To legitimize female entrepreneurship as a distinct field of research, it is important to deepen the scientific reasoning regarding women entrepreneurs while promoting the theoretical consolidation of this area of knowledge. Female Entrepreneurship as a Driving Force of Economic Growth and Social Change presents what researchers have learned so far about female entrepreneurship, namely the main motivations that lead women to undertake it and the characteristics of this type of business, as well as the impact of context and technology on the promotion and management of companies by women. In doing so, it contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon and how it is different from male entrepreneurship, allowing a better delimitation of this field of research. Covering topics such as diversity, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and gender, this premier reference source is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries
Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries

Author: Jovo Ateljević

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-21

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 3319759078

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This volume analyzes the barriers to, as well as new drivers for, entrepreneurial development in post-communist countries. The contributors present various country studies, mainly in the Balkans region, and investigate entrepreneurial behavior and best practices, financial instruments, factors for the success of small and medium-sized companies, and related policy implications. The book will appeal to scholars, policymakers and professionals interested in entrepreneurial obstacles and challenges in the countries of the Balkans region.

Foreign Direct Investment, Location and Competitiveness
Foreign Direct Investment, Location and Competitiveness

Author: John H. Dunning

Publisher: Jai

Published: 2008-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0762314753

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The purpose of this collection of chapters is to analyse from several angles, factors which may explain, and/or influence, the relationship between the competitiveness of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the countries in which they operate.

The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa
The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Nadereh Chamlou

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0821374966

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The commonly held perception is that businesses owned by women in the Middle East and North Africa are small and informal, that they're less sophisticated, and that they're huddled in low-value-added sectors. In fact, as The Environment for Women's Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa shows, there is very little difference between mail- and female-owned firms. Female-owned firms in the region are as well-established, productive, technologically savvy, and connected to global markets as male-owned firms. Although there are many similar characteristics and performance levels between male- and female-owned firms in the region, the book notes that women's entrepreneurship isn't reaching its potential, despite an investment climate that is much less gendered than suspected. With a significant increase in women's education level-in 11 out of 18 countries in the region women outnumber men in universities-and the strong economic rights women have in Islam, women's entrepreneurship can become a far greater engine for growth and diversification than expected in the past. This potential needs to be exploited vigorously. Reforming the investment climate to benefit all players is one important action. The second would be to remove or mitigate hurdles to their economic and social empowerment.

Globalization and Entrepreneurship
Globalization and Entrepreneurship

Author: Hamid Etemad

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781843767084

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Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local business opportunities and local firms from their international counterparts. The works in this collection provide new insights on both traditional and emerging aspects of small and medium sized enterprises.