Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies Trends and Challenges

Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies explores different topics in the field of female entrepreneurship, such as motivational factors of female entrepreneurs, career perspectives of women, problems and challenges, innovativeness, risk management, financing opportunities, social female enterprises, tourism and hospitality, emotional and institutional support of female entrepreneurial initiatives and small businesses in the perspective of different transitional countries. This book represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of female entrepreneurship issues and beside theoretical background, provides a mosaic of empirical evidence that is very likely to offer a brighter view of this field from the perspective of the transitional countries. The study is an outcome of long lasting endeavour and it includes contributions of motivated scholars and experts from the transitional countries and beyond specially written for the purposes of this book.

Veland Ramadani is Assistant Professor at South-East European University, Republic of Macedonia, where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in entrepreneurship and small business management. He has authored or co-authored more than forty research articles and nine books. Veland also serves as a member of editorial and reviewer board of several international journals.
 
Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti is Assistant Professor and teaches mostly undergraduate courses in strategic management and information systems at College of Business Administration, American University of Middle-East, Kuwait. Her research interests include management, strategic management, management information systems, etc. She has authored twenty research articles.
 
Alain Fayolle is Professor of entrepreneurship at EM Lyon Business School, France, and Founder and Director of the Entrepreneurship Research Centre. Alain has published over twenty books and one hundred articles in leading international and French-speaking scientific journals. He is also acting as an expert for different governments and international institutions (OECD, EC).

1. Introduction: Female Entrepreneurship In Transitional Economies As A Significant, But Understudied Field; Veland Ramadani, Alain Fayolle And Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti
2. Female Entrepreneurship In Transition Economies: An Overview; Mirjana Radovic-Markovic
3. Motivational Factors Of Female Entrepreneurs; Alicia Mas-Tur, Domingo Ribeiro Soriano And Norat Roig-Tierno
4. Female Entrepreneurs Start-Ups: Emotional Versus Traditional Support; Mateja Vadnjal And Jaka Vadnjal
5. Gender Based Determinants Of Innovative Activity In Southeast European Established Entrepreneurs; Karin Širec And Dijana Mocnik
6. Does Entrepreneur's Gender Matter For Credibility And Financing Of Smes?; Natalia Vershinina, Yulia Rodionova And Susan Marlow
7. Privileging Women's Voices And Experiences: A Career Perspective To Study Female Entrepreneurship In Transitional Economies; Ziyu Long
8. Gender (In)Equality In Entrepreneurship Challenges: The Case Of Romania; Emilia Herman And Zsuzsanna Katalin Szabo
9. The Profile Of Women Entrepreneurs In The Republic Of Macedonia; Veland Ramadani, Leo-Paul Dana, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti And Hyrije Abazi-Alili
10. Female Entrepreneurship In Albania: State, Trends And Challenges; Arbër Demeti, Erjona Rebi And Tefta Demeti
11. Eco-Tourism: Case Studies Of Female Polish Entrepreneurs; Alina M. Zapalska And Dallas Brozik
12. Female Social Entrepreneurship In Turkey; Duygu Uygur, Elif Bezal Kahraman And Gonca Gunay
13. Women Entrepreneurs In Chile: Three Decades Of Challenges And Lessons On Innovation And Business Sustainability; Maria-Teresa Lepeley, Olga Pizarro And Vesna Mandakovic
14. One Nigerian Femtrepreneur: A Case Study Of Virtue In Business; Kemi Ogunyemi