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

• Main Author: Maslak, Mary Ann (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Gender identity in education.; Educational sociology.; Sociology.; Gender and Education.; Sociology of Education.; Gender Studies.

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 t...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .