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Women, Entrepreneurship and Development in the Middle East book cover

1st Edition

Women, Entrepreneurship and Development in the Middle East

Edited By Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, Bettina Lynda Bastian, Haya Al-Dajani Copyright 2022
324 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Middle East was the region least impacted in the 2008 crisis, has investment systems markedly different to the West, is largely governed by Islamic Shari’a, and has varying forms of governance and institutional organization, which are not understood by many, nor how these systems shape entrepreneurial and industrial development. While the Middle East as a region has seen a small growth in... Read more

Part I Islamic economic perspectives and entrepreneurship development

1. The Mosque and the Satellite: Exploring the Multi -Level and Multi -Agency Dynamics of Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in the Middle East

Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, Bettina Lynda Bastian, and Haya Al-Dajani 

2. Islam, women’s entrepreneurship, and business ethics: A critique of classical Islamic discourse

Mohammad Abdullah

Part II Entrepreneurial Practices and Organization in Middle Eastern Contexts

3. Women entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates: Their agency and values

Linzi J. Kemp, Su Beesley, and Monica Gallant

4. Women’s entrepreneurship in a transitioning Saudi Arabia

Mashael Alsahli and Haya Al-Dajani 

5. Gendered representations of entrepreneurship in Bahrain: A critical discourse analysis of women entrepreneurs in social media

Haleema Al A’ali

6. Gender differences in entrepreneurship in Lebanon

Bettina Lynda Bastian and Stephen Hill

7. The entrepreneurship ecosystem for enhancing women’s entrepreneurship in Jordan

Amal El Kharouf, Abdulraheem Abualbasal, Hiba S. Abbadi, and David Weir

8. How do they make it to entrepreneurship? The case of Qatari women

Hend Al Muftah

Part III Policy challenges and opportunities for women’s entrepreneurship development

9. The role of women’s organizations and Islamic feminism in supporting entrepreneurial development

Beverly Dawn Metcalfe and Pascale Lahoud

10. Assessing human capital development and learning opportunities of female entrepreneurs in Palestine and Saudi Arabia: A cross country comparison

Beverly McNally and Grace Khoury

11. Women's entrepreneurial leadership education for the public sector in the Gulf: Curricular values for diversity and inclusion

Eugenie A. Samier and M. Evren Tok

12. Entrepreneurship in the conflict contexts of the Arab Middle East: A contextual gendered lens on empowerment and resilience

Sally Shamieh and Doaa Althalathini

13. Rethinking necessity entrepreneurship: Narratives on the experiences of microenterprise development in Upper Egypt

Nellie El Enany and Christina Wichert

14. Women supporting women in Egypt’s digital entrepreneurship space

Hager Faisal Amer, Nehal El Naggar, and Ayman Osman

15. Conclusion: Research pathways for entrepreneurship development in the MENA region

Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, Bettina Lynda Bastian, and Haya Al-Dajani

Biography

Dr. Beverly Dawn Metcalfe is Visiting Professor on Women and Development involved in the Business and Human Rights Initiative at the École Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) Business School in Beirut.

Dr. Bettina Lynda Bastian is Dean and Associate Professor at the Royal University for Women, Bahrain..

Dr. Haya Al-Dajani is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Mohammed Bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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