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Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurship in Iran


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1 Department of business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Business Management, School of Management and Accountancy, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of
3 Department of Business Management, School of Management and Accountancy, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of
 

Like the other parts of the world, trends show that the women are launching new entrepreneurial ventures in Iran. With the growth of women population, specially the educated ones (49% of Iran population), the necessity of women entrepreneurship development has attracted the attention. Because, of the increasing women unemployment rate, this paper is to recognize the challenges facing women entrepreneurship and ask them the cause (s) of it. Through searching the past studies, in this study, it is tried to provide a definition for entrepreneurship and put an emphasis on its development and the challenges facing women entrepreneurship. The unique features of this paper include using various researches and mostly local cases in the country.

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Women Entrepreneurship, Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurship
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Authors

Hossein Vazifedoust
Department of business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mehdi Behboudi
Department of Business Management, School of Management and Accountancy, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Fademeh Sadr
Department of Business Management, School of Management and Accountancy, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Fahimeh Ahadi
Department of Business Management, School of Management and Accountancy, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Like the other parts of the world, trends show that the women are launching new entrepreneurial ventures in Iran. With the growth of women population, specially the educated ones (49% of Iran population), the necessity of women entrepreneurship development has attracted the attention. Because, of the increasing women unemployment rate, this paper is to recognize the challenges facing women entrepreneurship and ask them the cause (s) of it. Through searching the past studies, in this study, it is tried to provide a definition for entrepreneurship and put an emphasis on its development and the challenges facing women entrepreneurship. The unique features of this paper include using various researches and mostly local cases in the country.

Keywords


Women Entrepreneurship, Challenges Facing Women Entrepreneurship

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