Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Asian Region

Jane Menzies is Senior Lecturer in International Business at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She is interested in gender and women’s entrepreneurship and has published in high-quality outlets, including the Journal of Business Research, the International Business Review, the International Journal of Consumer Studies, the European Management Journal, Management International Review and Human Resource Management Review.Meena Chavan is Associate Professor of International Business and Entrepreneurship at the Macquarie Business School. She conducts research on international business, government-MNE strategy and entrepreneurship. Her research has been published in top-tier journals, including Academy of Management Discoveries, the Journal of World Business, the Journal of International Management, the Journal of Small Business Management, the Journal of Business Research, Business Strategy and the Environment and International Business Review.Ambika Zutshi is Professor and Dean of the Peter Faber Business School at the Australian Catholic University. Ambika has over 100 publications in high-quality outlets, and her research has achieved significant impact nationally and internationally, with many funded research projects.Andrea North-Samardzic is Associate Professor at Melbourne Business School and the Associate Dean Executive Degree Programs. Andrea’s research and teaching span leadership, entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion, technology and ethics, focusing on industry-engaged research that leads to impact. She has received research funding from both government and non-government organisations.Sultana Lubna Alam is Associate Professor of Information Systems in the Discipline of Business and Business Analytics at Deakin University. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in socio-technical studies and the empowering impacts of emerging and digital technologies on individuals, digital literacy, women leadership, women in technology and digital transformation.

• Table of ContentsForeword1. Setting the Scene for Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Asian Region Jane Menzies, Meena Chavan, Prince Mensah and Ambika Zutshi.2. Women’s Entrepreneurship in India: Facing Current Challenges and Looking AheadVenkatesha Murthy and Anish Purkayastha.3. Women Entrepreneurs in India: A Systematic Review of Prior Research and an Agenda for Future ResearchAndrea North-Samardzic, Alexander Newman, Madhura Bedarkar and Rakesh Pati.4. Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: Challenges, Opportunities, and Success StoriesNayab Iqbal, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor, Azianura Hani Shaari and Kaukab Abid Azhar.5. Going upstream: A gender-aware entrepreneurial process framework for an emerging economy Saudi ArabiaMaram Saeed Sabri and Keith Thomas.6. Women’s Microentrepreneurial self-efficacy and life satisfaction in Malaysia: The mediating role of individual autonomySharon G. M. Koh, and Grace H. Y. Lee7. Digitalization and Changing Landscape of Women’s Entrepreneurship in BangladeshMosarrat Farhana, Afshana Saleh and Shaila Sarmin,8. Resilience of vulnerable women entrepreneurs in climate fragile BangladeshRozina Akther, Nadeera Ranabahu, Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, and Huibert P. de Vries.9. Navigating Post-COVID Sales Recovery: Growth Mindset & Informal Financing Among Indonesian Women MicroentrepreneursBerto Mulia Wibawa, Grace HY Lee, Imam Baihaqi, and Juliana French.10. The Microfoundations of Ambidexterity: Behaviours and Competencies of Modest Fashion Entrepreneurs in TurkeyAlessandra Vecchi, and Dilek Zamantili Nayir.11. Female micro-entrepreneurs in the hospitality sector: A qualitative exploratory study in NepalFaisal Shahzad, Lana Beikverdi, Dinesh Poudel and Ahmad Arslan12. A Review of the Landscape of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Brunei DarussalamKhairul Hidayatullah Basir13. Women’s Entrepreneurship in Asia: Supports, Challenges and a future way forwardJane Menzies, Meena Chavan, and Prince MensahIndex