Female entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Opportunities and challenges

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-235

  Yousuf Danish, Abeer ^a   Lawton Smith, Helen ^b  

^a Personnel Department Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Female entrepreneurship; Gender; Jeddah; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902493726     PISSN: 17566266     EISSN: 17566274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566261211264136     Document Type: Article

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