TY  - JOUR
AB  - The aim of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of ethnic female entrepreneurship in urban economic life. The focus of the research is on the attitudes and behaviour of Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. The main question we pose is: Are ethnic female entrepreneurs special ethnic entrepreneurs or special female entrepreneurs? This paper provides an answer to this question on the basis of field surveys. The results of the case study research on Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam show that the “ethnic female profile” is a “special female profile” and that Turkish female entrepreneurs are “special female entrepreneurs”, particularly in terms of their personal and business characteristics, and their driving forces and motivations. They appear to combine their ethnic opportunities with their personal characteristics (and other opportunities) in the urban market, and to perform successfully. This is also due to the fact that they have become service providers for not only their own ethnic groups, but also for other groups in the city.
VL  - 30
IS  - 11
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/03068290310497495
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290310497495
AU  - Baycan Levent Tüzin
AU  - Masurel Enno
AU  - Nijkamp Peter
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Diversity in entrepreneurship: ethnic and female roles in urban economic life
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 1131
EP  - 1161
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -