Language and market inclusivity for women entrepreneurship: the case of microfinance

Drori, Israel; Manos, Ronny; Santacreu-Vasut, Estefania; Shenkar, Oded; Shoham, Amir

doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.02.002

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“…Women entrepreneurs are often excluded from the marketplace due to male norms that dominate socioeconomic contexts (Drori, Manos, Santareu‐Vasut, Shenkar, & Shoham, ). This has resulted in the role of women entrepreneurs in the internationalization process having been understudied in the literature (Anggadwita, Luturlean, Ramadani, & Ratten, ; Palalic, Ramadani, & Dana, ).…”

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“…This has resulted in the role of women entrepreneurs in the internationalization process having been understudied in the literature (Anggadwita, Luturlean, Ramadani, & Ratten, ; Palalic, Ramadani, & Dana, ). A reason for this might be that the economic and social capacity of women has been impacted by their limited access to markets (Drori et al, ; Ramadani, ). McAdam et al () in a study of women only networks found women have an inability to access economic and social capital to establish themselves as credible entrepreneurs.…”

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A systematic review of women's entrepreneurship and internationalization literature

Moreira¹,

Marques

Braga³

et al. 2019

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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There has been an increased interest in women's entrepreneurship research due to the changing sociocultural conditions in the global marketplace. Despite this trend, there is still a lack of understanding about the role women entrepreneurs play in the internationalization process of firms. The aim of this article is to systematically review the literature on women's entrepreneurship and internationalization by examining the trends in the research. A bibliometric analysis is conducted on articles in the Web of Science databases to understand which researchers are publishing the most and how they are related to other researchers in the field. In addition, a content analysis of the articles from the bibliometric analysis is conducted that reveals three main clusters from the research: (a) epistemological position and gender, (b) cultural and social reasons for the creation of businesses, and (c) motivations, business characteristics, and performance. From the bibliometric and content analysis, implications for policy makers and future research directions for women's entrepreneurship and internationalization patterns are stated.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A systematic review of women's entrepreneurship and internationalization literature

Moreira¹,

Marques

Braga³

et al. 2019

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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“…Microfinance was found significant for improvement in healthcare facilities in rural area. Drori et al (37) stated that microfinance worked to boost women entrepreneurship through inclusive markets among 115 countries. The study concluded that institutional and organizational factors were major factors for female market participation.…”

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Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

Malik¹

2020

IJST

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Background/Objectives: Some recent studies have empirically proved that micro-finance schemes launched for women empowerment have failed to attain their required goals as women are just used as a tool to get loans; In this context, the present study is undertaken to verify the usefulness of microcredit for women empowerment in Pakistan. Methods/Statistical analysis: Quantitative approach is used to assess the impact of microfinance loan services on women economic empowerment and to see whether members of microfinance institutes are equally empowered to the nonmembers. For this purpose, survey was conducted in Multan District of Punjab, Pakistan. Independent sample t-test is used to estimate the difference between two independent groups of participants. In a sample size of 300 women, 200 are participants of MFI while rest of the 100 are non-participants. The data has been analyzed by using Independent-samples t-test, as it is the comparison of two different independent groups. Findings: The study shows that women members of micro-finance institutions (MFIs) are more empowered compared to non-members. Overall, the results show that there is a positive relationship between MFI and women economic empowerment in Multan. Women participants of MFI have greater role in decision-making, more autonomy in mobility, greater control over income and savings generated from income generating activities, more role in employment generation and increased ownership of productive assets and property than non-member MFIs. Novelty/Applications: The current study presents a case for a nuanced and more-sophisticated analysis of the linkages between MFIs memberships and women's empowerment. Empowerment alone may not automatically lead to empowerment, but networks and guidance also important factors that can determine the success or failure of the empowerment approach. Thus, MFIs should hold meetings with women to guide them about the proper use of loan in their business activities.

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“…What emerges from this body of research is that language use is central to the performance of international partnerships since partners provide and receive capital, expertise, and other resources through acts of communication. In this stream of research, language takes on primarily two meanings: a national language that is closely linked to the national culture of each alliance partner (e.g., Brannen & Salk, 2000;Cuypers et al, 2015;Drori, Manos, Santacreu-Vasut, Shenkar, & Shoham, 2018) and language as a communicative resource that is used in the interaction between partners (Liu et al, 2015).…”

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The effect of language use on the financial performance of microfinance banks: Evidence from cross-border activities in 74 countries

Golesorkhi

Mersland

Piekkari

et al. 2019

Journal of World Business

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This multi-year study examines the relationship between financial performance and language use, observing 405 partnerships between microfinance banks and their international financial partners in 74 countries. Drawing on language research in international business, we find that microfinance banks based in English-speaking, French-speaking, and Spanish-speaking countries have higher performance. Furthermore, the linguistic distance between the home country of a microfinance bank and the home country of its international partner(s) is negatively related to its financial performance. Our large-scale study confirms the effect of language use on organization-level financial performance and extends research on language in multinationals from intra-firm to inter-firm relationships.

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Language and market inclusivity for women entrepreneurship: the case of microfinance

Cited by 41 publications

References 62 publications

A systematic review of women's entrepreneurship and internationalization literature

A systematic review of women's entrepreneurship and internationalization literature

Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Services at Individual Level: A Comparative Study of Women Empowerment in Pakistan

The effect of language use on the financial performance of microfinance banks: Evidence from cross-border activities in 74 countries

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