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Women entrepreneurship

This section discusses entrepreneurship in SMEs and includes the following chapters:

Entrepreneurship describes the characteristics of a good entrepreneur and how entrepreneurship can help poor nations.

Financing and SMEs talks about equity and other forms of financing in SMEs.

Venture capital talks about venture capital funding of SMEs and corporate venturing.

Franchising discusses about SMEs role in franchising and also lists problems of financing in SMEs.

Women entrepreneurs talks about the role played by women in entrepreneurship in different parts of the world. The following sub-topics in relation to women entrepreneurship are discussed:

• Statistics for US women entrepreneurs
• Statistics for Japan women entrepreneurs
• Statistics for selected OECD countries
• Promoting Entrepreneurial Education and Training
• Problems/constraints faced by women entrepreneurs
• Solutions to problems
• Promoting the Competitiveness of Women-owned SMEs
• Facilitating Access to International and Domestic Markets
• Transforming the Regulatory and Institutional Environment
• Future of women-owned enterprises