Download or read book Rural Women in Micro enterprise Development written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practice manual is for trainers and extension workers designing programmes to promote income-generating activities and the creation of micro-enterprises among rural women. While the manual was developed and field-tested in Africa, it can be easily adapted to other social and cultural situations in developing countries.; The manual is divided into seven modules covering the development of the training programme, the discussion of the suggested methodology, marketing management, financial management and conducting feasibility studies. The emphasis is on ""learning by doing"" through a combi.
Download or read book Building an Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Society written by Hernández-Sánchez, Brizeida R. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the global economy continues to evolve, the idea of sustainability has become a prevalent area of concentration. Businesses are searching for more environmentally and socially conscious practices as the market distances itself from the industrial age. Implementing sustainable initiatives starts with entrepreneurs, as these individuals are the foundation for creating and building profitable societies. Understanding the practice of sustainable entrepreneurship is pivotal in predicting future trends in business and the economy. Building an Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Society provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of sustainability within entrepreneurship and its applications in modern socioeconomics. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as public policies, internationalization, and social innovation, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, business specialists, professionals, researchers, managers, economists, educators, scholars, and students seeking current research on the evolution of sustainable entrepreneurship and its contextual factors.
Download or read book Empowerment of Rural Women in India written by Shobana Nelasco and published by Kanishka Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Empowering Rural Women written by Kiron Wadhera and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2011-12-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural Women's Road to Empowerment provides original research on poor, rural women micro-entrepreneurs, whose achievement-motivation has been rigorously measured. This pioneering study establishes a clear relationship between presence/absence of achievement-motivation and the success/failure of these women in sustaining their enterprises. Authors Kiron Wadhera and George Koreth also describe in detail a replicable and scalable "cash-less" material loan model developed by the NGO Asian Centre for Organisation Research and Development (ACORD) for rural women micro-entrepreneurs, which can be used effectively to solve some of the problems related to rural backwardness.
Download or read book Rural Women in Micro enterprise Development written by M. Miedema and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies written by Shahamak Rezaei and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emerald Handbook of Women and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies examines women's role in entrepreneurial practices in a range of developing countries and applies unique strategic contextual frameworks to analyse, interpret and understand individual processes, themes and issues.
Download or read book Strategies for Strengthing Micro enterprises for Rural Women written by and published by IICA. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entrepreneurial Ecosystems written by Ben Spigel and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems: what they are, why they matter, and to whom they matter. Ben Spigel explores this popular new theory of economic development, locating the intellectual roots of ecosystems, explaining the practices and processes that allow ecosystems to support the creation and growth of innovative entrepreneurial firms.
Download or read book Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era written by Lokuge, Sachithra and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though entrepreneurship has been studied for decades, in recent years, the study of “rural entrepreneurship” has emerged as an upcoming subtopic of the area. With the growth and continual ease of utilizing digital technologies to support entrepreneurial activities, these technologies now provide unique opportunities for advancing rural entrepreneurship. Though prior research focused on challenges for IT use in rural areas that specifically investigated investment and management issues, it is important to study all challenges and opportunities involved in this developing area of research. Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the utilization of digital technologies in rural business ventures. Unlike other references, this book studies the conceptualization process of rural entrepreneurship and innovation with the intention of providing guidelines and support for entrepreneurs. While highlighting topics such as microfinancing, risk management, and rural development, this publication explores innovative practices as well as the methods of IT investment and management. This book is ideally designed for business professionals, entrepreneurs, business researchers, academics, and business students.
Download or read book Driving Factors for Venture Creation and Success in Agricultural Entrepreneurship written by Mohd Yasir Arafat and published by Business Science Reference. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book highlights the contextual dimensions of the agribusiness industry through which entrepreneurship researchers would be able to enhance their understanding of entrepreneurship by focusing on the following research question: "Why do individuals, farmers, agrarian, start a new business in the agricultural sector and how do they manage entrepreneurial performance, and what impact it has on the economy?""--
Download or read book Social Franchising written by I. Alon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social franchising represents a third generation form of franchising development, after trade-name and business-format franchising. At the intersection of social enterprise and micro finance literatures, this book reviews a variety of social franchising formats across a number of developing countries.
Download or read book Support for Growth oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia written by Lois Stevenson and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2005 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support of women-owned businesses in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia. This report is based on the country assessment for Ethiopia, where the ILO has been researching and supporting women's entrepreneurship. Examining such issues as the economic context, micro-fina.
Download or read book Women Business and the Law 2018 written by World Bank Group and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can governments ensure that women have the same employment and entrepreneurship opportunities as men? One important step is to level the legal playing field so that the rules for operating in the worlds of work and business apply equally regardless of gender. Women, Business and the Law 2018, the fifth edition in a series, examines laws affecting women’s economic inclusion in 189 economies worldwide. It tracks progress that has been made over the past two years while identifying opportunities for reform to ensure economic empowerment for all. The report updates all indicators as of June 1, 2017 and explores new areas of research, including financial inclusion.
Download or read book Women In Micro And Small scale Enterprise Development written by Louise Dignard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of women's participation in small- and micro-enterprise activities in less developed countries. Topics covered include: the human economy of microentrepreneurs; and the Swedish International Development Authority's support of women's small-scale enterprises in Tanzania.
Download or read book The Growing Streangth of Rural Woman Micro Entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by IICA. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Impacts written by Dogan Gursoy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook explores and critically examines both positive and negative impacts of tourism development focusing on the past, present and future issues, challenges and trends from a multidisciplinary global perspective. Through a comparative approach involving international case studies, this book explores our understanding of tourism impacts and contributes to the theoretical development on relationships between tourism impacts and community support for tourism development. This handbook focuses on a variety of geographical locations, drawing from the knowledge and expertise of highly regarded academics from around the world. Specifically, it explores the adoption and implementation of various tourism development and impact management approaches in a wide range of global contexts, while identifying their trends, issues and challenges. It addresses strategies relating to innovation, sustainability and social responsibility, and critically reviews the economic, sociocultural, environmental, political and technological impacts of tourism. The text also identifies future trends and issues, as well as exploring the methods used to study tourism impacts. Conveying the latest thinking and research, this handbook will be a key reference for students, researchers and academics of tourism, as well as development studies, geography, cultural studies, sustainability and business, encouraging dialogue across disciplinary boundaries and areas of study.
Download or read book The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses written by Pat Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides a synthesis of the findings from the Jobs, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa-- a Study on Women's Enterprise Development (the WED Study), which was carried out in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia through 2002. This was an action research project and funded as part of Ireland Aid's Partnership Programme with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and its InFocus Programme on Boosting Employment through Small Enterprises Development (IFP/ SEED). The study was directed by Gerry Finnegan from the Women's Entrepreneurship Development and Gender in Enterprise (WEDGE) Team within SEED and undertaken by a partnership of three nationally-based research groups-- Julé Development Associates International (JUDAI) Consultants in Zambia, Zewde and Associates PLC in Ethiopia and the University of Dar Es Salaam's Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) in Tanzania together with two international consultants Dr. Pat Richardson and Rhona Howarth from the UK"--P. ix.
