Enterprising Women in Transition EconomiesFriederike Welter, David Smallbone, Nina B. Isakova This work examines female entrepreneurship in countries that are at different stages of transformation from centrally planned into market economies, giving deeper understanding of the current and potential contribution of women to economic and social development in their country. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
A Male Female Comparison | 17 |
Women Entrepreneurs between Tradition and Modernity | 45 |
Proprietors or Entrepreneurs? | 67 |
Women Entrepreneurship in Central Europe | 119 |
3 Number of functioning enterprises in Lithuania | 123 |
By Fits and Starts | 143 |
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