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Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: Trends and Challenges addresses different topics in the field of female entrepreneurship — motivational factors of female entrepreneurs, career perspectives of women, problems and challenges, innovativeness, risk management, financing opportunities, social female enterprises, tourism and hospitality, emotional and institutional support for female entrepreneurial initiatives and small businesses, and so on — using the perspective of different transitional countries.
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Ramadani, V., Fayolle, A., Gërguri-Rashiti, S. (2015). Introduction: Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies as a Significant but Understudied Field. In: Ramadani, V., Gërguri-Rashiti, S., Fayolle, A. (eds) Female Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137444516_1
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