TY - JOUR
AU1 - Hossain, Syed Far Abid
AU2 - Nurunnabi, Mohammad
AU3 - Hussain, Khalid
AU4 - Shan, Xu
AB - This paper aims to explore the ubiquitous role of the smartphone in expanding entrepreneurial opportunity among women in emerging Asia. This study attempted to explore the hidden issues behind increased innovative entrepreneurial tendency.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a mixed research methodology. First, prior research based on different aspects of entrepreneurial tendency was reviewed in a systematic way. Second, a person-administered survey was conducted based on 265 women who are involved in entrepreneurial activities in different regions in Asia. Structural equation modeling (Amos) is used to analyze the person-administered survey.FindingsResults show a significant relationship among the independent and dependent variables of the study which indicates a significant entrepreneurship opportunity for women in emerging Asia.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted with a limited number of entrepreneurs from a few Asian countries which may affect the generalizability of the result.Originality/valueThis study fulfills the gap in the current literature by analyzing innovativeness in entrepreneurship with the usage of smartphones and increased tendency among women to conduct business.
TI - Smartphone-based m-shopping behavior and innovative entrepreneurial tendency among women in emerging Asia
JF - International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship
DO - 10.1108/ijge-03-2019-0054
DA - 2020-04-27
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/smartphone-based-m-shopping-behavior-and-innovative-entrepreneurial-vQt9z0u32R
SP - 173
EP - 189
VL - 12
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -