Education and Female Entrepreneurship in Asia: Public Policies and Private Practices

ISBN-13: 9781137554826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 243 str.

Mary Ann Maslak

Opis

This book examines policies and practices that relate to the education of female entrepreneurs in China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, and Japan. Finally, Part V grapples with the inclusion of informal learning and networking experiences for female entrepreneurs.

Spis treści

Part I: Economies and Documents

Chapter 1. The Formal and Informal Economies: Setting the Stage for Female Entrepreneurship in Asia

Chapter 2. Global Initiatives for Female Entrepreneurship: The Sustainable Development and Millennium Development Goals

Part II: Country-Level Initiatives

Chapter 3. Country-Level Initiatives: China’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Chapter 4. Country-Level Initiatives: India’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Chapter 5. Country-Level Initiatives: Japan’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Chapter 6. Country-Level Initiatives: Indonesia’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Chapter 7. Country-Level Initiatives: Singapore’s Reflections on and Plan for Women’s Entrepreneurship

Part III: Case Studies 

Chapter 8. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of China

Chapter 9. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of India

Chapter 10. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of the “Hungry Spirit” of the Japan

Chapter 11. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of Indonesia

Chapter 12. Women Learning about Entrepreneurship: The Case of Singapore

Part IV: Frameworks 

Chapter 13. A Conceptual & Theoretical Framework for Examining Women’s Learning about Entrepreneurship

Part V: Future Directions

Chapter 14. Directions for Female Entrepreneurship: Thinking about Educational Programs

O autorze

Mary Ann Maslak is Professor of Education at St. John's University, USA. Her research interests focus on gender and the sociology of education as they relates to adolescent girls and adult women. She has written on the policies and practices of education related to girls and women in South and East Asia.

Blurb

This book examines policies and practices that relate to the education of female entrepreneurs in China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, and Japan. Through both textual and interview data, the book reveals the importance of initiatives that structure entrepreneurships for women, and informal learning through networks in a variety of settings which promotes their understandings of business. Part I offers an overview of the formal and informal sectors of the economy and the international development plans related to each. Part II proffers national development plans and business policies related to female entrepreneurship in each of the five countries. Part III provides stakeholders’ perspectives of entrepreneurial learning in each country. Part IV presents conceptual and theoretical models which offer a visual representation of entrepreneurs’ learning process. Finally, Part V grapples with the inclusion of informal learning and networking experiences for female entrepreneurs.