Number of items: 1.
Article
Scott, Linda,
Dolan, Catherine,
Johnstone-Louis, Mary,
Sugden, Kim and
Wu, Maryalice
(2012)
Enterprise and Inequality: A Study of Avon in South Africa.
Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 36 (3).
pp. 543-568.
Link to full text available through this repository.
- Abstract
Avon's apparent success in using entrepreneurship to help women escape poverty, as well as its staying power in circumstances where similar efforts have failed, has captured the attention of the international development community. This study, the first independent empirical investigation, reports that in South Africa, Avon helps some impoverished women earn a better income and inspires empowerment among them. The authors introduce a new theory, pragmatist feminism, to integrate past work on women's entrepreneurship and argue that feminist scholars should reexamine the histories of the market democracies for replicable innovations that may have empowered women.
- Item type
- Article
- Subject(s)
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- Uncontrolled keywords
- women; developing countries; retail
- Centre
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