Sindani, Tabitha (2019) Formal and informal institutions influencing rural female entrepreneurs in Western Kenya: a critical exploration. In: Innovation, Invention and Memory in Africa – IV CHAM International Conference. Book of abstracts. CHAM2019: Innovation, Invention and Memory in Africa. IV CHAM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FCSH/Universidade NOVA de Lisboa . CHAM — Centre for the Humanities Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas / Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Universidade dos Açores, Lisbon, Portugal, p. 60. ISBN 978-9898492678 (doi:https://doi.org/10.22582/cham2019prg)

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Abstract

This research investigates how formal and informal institutional factors influence rural female entrepreneurs in Western Kenya. Research affirms that entrepreneurship is institutionally embedded. These institutions are formal and informal, and they define the "rules of the game" that sets boundaries for entrepreneurship. Precisely, the formal institutions are political and economic-related rules and regulations which controls the access to opportunity fields for entrepreneurship. While informal institutions contain uncodified societal norms and attitudes that determine the collective and individual perception of entrepreneurship. Despite this, previous studies on women's entrepreneurship have adopted an individualist approach. These have largely focused on the influence of women's psychological and individual-related factors on their own entrepreneurial activity but underestimate the influence of the underlying institutional factors.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	Innovation, Invention and Memory in Africa – IV CHAM International Conference. Book of abstracts
Uncontrolled Keywords:	formal institutions, informal institutions, Kenya, Sub-Sharan Africa, institutional contexts, women's entrepreneurship
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > Executive Business Centre
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Last Modified:	04 Nov 2024 16:20
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48446

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