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Recently, female entrepreneurship literature calls for theorising related to broader entrepreneurship, and more developing world research. African research remains limited and much of it is empirical, focusing on the impact of sociocultural contexts on women’s entrepreneurship and differences between male and female entrepreneurs. Women accumulate basic and advanced capabilities which, helped by conversion factors, they convert to desired goals. A negative environment may obstruct such goals. Women’s personal ethos—the sum of their worldviews, principles and values-influences their personal and entrepreneurial conduct. This is reflected in their business culture, other-centric involvements, future aspirations and their definition of success and fulfilment. The female entrepreneurship development pyramid relates influences since childhood to values a woman develops and how they may enable successful and fulfilling entrepreneurship.
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Boateng, A. (2018). Female Entrepreneurship in Africa and Research Insights from Different Regions of the Continent. In: African Female Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65846-9_3
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