As the engine of China's economy, small enterprises have been the central to the country's
economic development. However, given the characteristics of the small enterprises loan (ie …

Are women less likely to ask for help financing their businesses? This study investigates
whether gender is a factor that impacts the propensity to ask for financing among nascent …

Female business owners are more likely to be discouraged from applying for a bank loan
compared to male business owners because they fear that their application will be rejected …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the ways in which gender influences entrepreneurial
motivations and barriers in the Brazilian tourism sector. As an economic process, tourism …

Firms can be credit constrained both because banks deny credit when they apply for it and
because they refrain from filing for the loan in the first place, anticipating rejection …

Existing research suggests that female-owned firms are not as successful as those owned
by men. However, there is a distinct possibility that the performance measures employed in …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share with up-and-coming young researchers some
of the important lessons the author has learnt on his research journey. Design/methodology …

This document aims to investigate some of the problems faced by women entrepreneurs
when they request access to credit. Through the systematic review of the literature …

Social enterprises appear to offer innovative solutions for empowering women in
entrepreneurship and achieving gender equality. This research, however, finds that female …

This paper investigates the determinants of the over-indebtedness of inhabitants in
particular municipalities in the Czech Republic. We draw on the theory of regional …