Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation

Edited by Shumaila Yousafzai, Graduate School of Business, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan and Cardiff University, UK, Colette Henry, Head of Department of Business Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Ireland and Griffith University Australia, Monique Boddington, University of Cambridge, UK, Shandana Sheikh, Avicenna Medical and Dental College, Pakistan and Alain Fayolle, Entrepreneurship Professor, IDRAC Business School, France and Visiting Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland

• Contents:Introduction to the Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurshipand Value Creation 1Shumaila Yousafzai, Colette Henry, Monique Boddington, Shandana Sheikhand Alain FayollePART I VALUE CREATION AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL1 Women in Ethiopia: creating value through entrepreneurship 24Atsede Tesfaye Hailemariam, Konjit Hailu Gudeta, Brigitte Kroonand Marloes van Engen2 Evaluating the contribution of entrepreneurship training,perceived emancipation and value creation for rural femaleentrepreneurs in Uganda 37Sylvia K. Gavigan, Thomas M. Cooney and Klavs Ciprikis3 Creating value in the margins: rethinking value creation,empowerment and women’s entrepreneurship in SouthAfrica’s street food sector 52Jiska de Groot, Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, Abigail Knox, DebbieSparks and Hans Bressers4 Emancipation and value share: the individual-level valuecreation by women entrepreneurs in India 68Renuka VyasPART II VALUE CREATION AT THE BUSINESS LEVEL5 Collaborative value creation in a highly adverse context:experiences of Hazara women entrepreneurs in Balochistan 83Khizran Zehra, Leona Achtenhagen, Sadia Arshad, and Nadia Arshad6 Cultivating business value beyond economic measures:narratives from Sweden 103Annie Roos7 Value creation in conflict zones: evidence from Afghan andPalestinian women entrepreneurs 118Doaa Althalathini8 Creating blended value: Sri Lankan womenmicro-entrepreneurs and their ventures 132Nadeera Ranabahu and Mary Barrett9 The latent entrepreneurs: inequality and enterprising women inthe lucky country 147Zara Lasater, Vinita Godinho, Robyn Eversole and Naomi Birdthistle10 Women entrepreneurs creating value in informal publictransport enterprises in Kenya 164Anne Kamau and Winnie V. MitullahPART III VALUE CREATION AT THE HOUSEHOLD ANDFAMILY LEVEL11 Becoming an entrepreneur? Early identity formation amongmigrant women nascent entrepreneurs 178Sanaa Talha and Gry Agnete Alsos12 Migrant women entrepreneurs and value creation: narratives ofhousehold and community contribution in the British ethnic economy 194Milka Kwiatek and Maria Villares-Varela13 Iranian women entrepreneurs: creating household valuethrough entrepreneurship 211Vahid Makizadeh, Shumaila Yousafzai, Siavash Aein Jamshid andMarzieh NasiriPART IV VALUE CREATION AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL14 Saudi Arabian women entrepreneurs: agents of change andvalue creators 235Hayfaa Tlaiss15 Exploring societal value creation through women’s informalentrepreneurial activities in Nepal – a narrative approach 246Mirela Xheneti and Shova Thapa Karki16 Women entrepreneurs as agents of change in the Americas:redefining the bottom line 261Ruta Aidis17 Women entrepreneurs creating value in a democratic SouthAfrica – emerging beyond the informal sector 278Ethné Swartz, Caren Scheepers and Frances Amatucci18 Indian transgender women creating social value through socialentrepreneurship 296Roshni Narendran19 Generation Y females in Ireland: an insight into this newentrepreneurial potential for value creation 309Angela Hamouda, Kate Johnston and Rebecca Nevins20 Radically overperforming women entrepreneurs in MexicoCity: Alimentos Para Todos as a high impact social innovation case 327Hans Lundberg21 Post conflict development and value creation throughwomen’s entrepreneurship: evidence from Swat, Pakistan 345Musarrat Jabeen and Shandana SheikhIndex

‘This rich and inspiring book provides a collection of chapters that offer a very timely and critical reminder of the value created through women’s entrepreneurship. Under the guidance of Yousafzai, Henry, Boddington, Sheikh and Fayolle, the reader is encouraged to really reflect on what influences and constrains the growth of women’s entrepreneurship. At the same time, we are introduced to real insight into how women’s entrepreneurship plays out and is practiced in a variety of different and very interesting contexts. I am confident that this Research Handbook will be valued by many communities across the world and will provide the foundation for furthering real knowledge and understanding. I applaud the authors and editors for their exceptional and inspiring work.’