Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurship

6 Women's entrepreneurship in Turkey

Promising initiatives and evidence for success in the face of culturally embedded barriers

Ceyda M. Eyiusta

Over the past decades, women have demonstrated significant progress in different fields, including health and education, as well as economics and politics (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor [GEM], 2015). They have not only become more visible in these fields but also achieved successful results in terms of performance outcomes as paid workers, managers and entrepreneurs. These developments have occurred simultaneously with the rise of women-owned businesses worldwide. In 2012 an estimated 126 million women initiated or ran new businesses in 67 economies around the world and 98 million ran established businesses ...