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Do Financial, Human, Social and Cultural Capital Matter?

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Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

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Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey are the founding members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), established in 1985, to promote economic, technical, and cultural cooperation among the member states. The three countries share borders and have marked similarities in numerous cultural, religious, and traditional values. With a combined population of over 320 million and economies ranging from factor-driven to efficiency-driven, countries of Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, comprise more than half of the MENA region population. This project envisages a comparative study of women entrepreneurship in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey using qualitative as well as quantitative approaches. Women entrepreneurship in these countries are studied from both domestic and international perspectives.

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  1. Shiraz University, GEM Iran, Shiraz, Iran

    Leyla Sarfaraz

  2. State University of New York at Oswego, GEM Pakistan, Oswego, NY, USA

    Sarfraz A. Mian

  3. Yeditepe University, GEM Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emine Esra Karadeniz

  4. The University of Tehran, GEM Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Reza Zali

  5. Center for Entrepreneurial Development, IBA, GEM Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahid Qureshi

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  1. Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, Paris, France

    Nezameddin Faghih

  2. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Reza Zali

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Sarfaraz, L., Mian, S.A., Karadeniz, E.E., Zali, M.R., Qureshi, M.S. (2018). Do Financial, Human, Social and Cultural Capital Matter?. In: Faghih, N., Zali, M. (eds) Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75913-5_26

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