Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy: Volume 10 Issue 1

Introduction article: gender perspectives on enterprising communities

Elisabet Ljunggren, Elisabeth Sundin

This paper introduces the special issue’s six articles with different approaches to investigating gender perspectives on enterprising communities. The papers’ approaches are…

Between need and innovative challenge: observations on female solo self-employment

Dieter Bögenhold, Uwe Fachinger

The purpose of this study is to discuss the ongoing increase of female entrepreneurship within a broader context of influencing factors, especially within the division of work…

Ex-garment female workers: a new entrepreneurial community in Mauritius

Harshana Kasseeah, Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of the ex-garment workers that have turned to self-employment either in the formal or informal sector in the wake…

Women’s entrepreneurship in Russia: impacts from the Soviet system

Ann-Mari Sätre

– This paper aims to analyze how surviving norms from the Soviet time continue to shape women’s entrepreneurship in contemporary Russia.

Trust-building processes in women’s entrepreneurship

Maria Bogren, Yvonne von Friedrichs

Social capital is perceived as an important driver for entrepreneurship. To support development of social capital in women’s entrepreneurship, the Swedish government supports…

Gendering of commercial justice – experience of self-employed women in urban Tanzania

Malin Tillmar

Women’s entrepreneurship is often seen as the solution of both economic growth and gender equality. This is despite academic knowledge of the gendered preconditions for…

Integrating multiple theoretical approaches to explore the resource mobilization process of community ventures

Ingebjørg Vestrum

Community ventures are likely to increase the well-being and attractiveness of local communities. Community entrepreneurs mobilize inhabitants to actively involve them in the…