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Behind the veil: the challenges and impediments encountered by women entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates

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  • Rizwan Tahir
  • Mohamed El Baradie

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Female entrepreneurship has now become a significant business trend in most countries around the globe. Nevertheless, relatively few previous studies (Itani et al., 2011) have concentrated on female entrepreneurs in Middle Eastern countries, where SMEs are perceived as the way for these countries to lessen their dependence on oil. The present study endeavours to research the female entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates and to examine the challenges and impediments to the advancement and development of entrepreneurial activities. Based on the results, some of the challenges that were identified as impediments to women entrepreneurs included difficulties in obtaining start-up capital, gender discrimination, lack of training and networking opportunities. Suggestions are made about how to bring about a change in the attitudes towards female and their entrepreneurial endeavours. Finally, limitations of this study as well as directions for future scholarly research are identified.

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  • Rizwan Tahir & Mohamed El Baradie, 2019. "Behind the veil: the challenges and impediments encountered by women entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(3), pages 258-282.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:11:y:2019:i:3:p:258-282
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    1. Nisreen Ameen & Nnamdi O. Madichie & Amitabh Anand, 2023. "Between Handholding and Hand-held Devices: Marketing Through Smartphone Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship in Post Conflict Economies in Times of Crisis," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 25(1), pages 401-423, February.
    2. Zavodny Pospisil Jan & Zavodna Lucie Sara, 2022. "An Insight to the World of Female Entrepreneurship: Systematic Literature Review of the Phenomenon using the Mckinsey 7S Model," Foundations of Management, Sciendo, vol. 14(1), pages 51-66, January.
    3. Ashraf Borham & Rosfizah Binti Md Taib & Gyanendra Singh Sisodia & Akinola Fadahunsi, 2023. "Factors of Women Entrepreneurship in Egypt: A Qualitative Perspective," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, October.

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