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Call for Book Chapters Women's Entrepreneurship in the Asian Region Publisher: Routledge Lead Editor: Dr Jane Menzies, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Editors Dr Jane Menzies, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Professor Ambika Zutshi, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Associate Professor Lubna Alam, Deakin University, Australia Associate Professor Meena Chavan, Macquarie University, Australia Dr Andrea North-Samardzic, Deakin University, Australia What will this book be about? This book will explore women's entrepreneurship in the Asian region. Entrepreneurship refers to the identification, evaluation, and exploitation of new business opportunities (Shane & Venkataraman, 2000). The Asian region is diverse, yet shares common cultural values, and geographical boundaries. We refer to Asia to include countries such as China, India, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2021). Many of these Asian countries are developing economies experiencing fast economic growth in last two decades. These countries often experience socio-cultural values and religious beliefs that often hold women in an inferior status (Cho et al., 2020). The Global Gender Gap Index reveals that gender inequality is still prevalent in the Asian region (World Economic Forum, 2023) and in this context, women often lack participation in entrepreneurial activity according to the Mastercard (2021) Index of Women Entrepreneurs. Despite this, women do get opportunities as entrepreneurs and the purpose of this book is to highlight the actions that can be done by governments, universities, organizations, and women themselves to improve the position of women as entrepreneurs in the Asian region in line with UN's Sustainability Development Goal (SDG) of gender equality. To analyse the experiences of women entrepreneurs across the Asian region it is important to examine the contextual and country level factors that might impact on women's experiences as an entrepreneur. As previous work indicates understanding the impact of context is important (Davison & Martinsons, 2016). Although there are many different frameworks to examine the impact of country level factors, we encourage researchers to look at the various institutional logics that might either support or constrain women's entrepreneurship. Alford and Friedland (1985) defined institutional logics as the contradictory practices and beliefs inherent in societal institutions. Under this theory, each institutional pillar has a central logic which influences how things are organized, how people behave, as well as the individual's sense of self and social identity (Thornton & Ocasio, 2008). The concept of logics thus refers to either sets of "rule-like structures that constrain organizations" or people and sets of "cultural toolkits that provide opportunities for change in existing structures and practices" (Thornton et al., 2012, p. 81). Usually, the "core institutions" of an institutional environment include the capitalist market, the bureaucratic state, families, democracy and religion (Friedland & Alford, 1991). As a result these different forms of institutions can be used to help explain or inform how women's entrepreneurship may vary across the different Asian contexts. This would include looking at the problems/challenges women would face as entrepreneurs in each nominated country, but then also the supports that may assist them in being entrepreneurial. Coupled with the need to improve women's equality in the Asian region, this book will also consider how women may contribute to developing businesses that focus on addressing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability. This book will also focus on innovative businesses, using digital skills and capabilities for women. This book maybe useful for women who are keen to start their own businesses, to understand the different types of challenges they might experience being a woman, but also the supports that these women may seek to utilise. This book will be comparative in the sense that from the dimensions examined we will be able to compare the various institutional logics for women entrepreneurs across the different Asian countries. This book is for women who are considering establishing entrepreneurial business in the Asian region, but it will also be useful, for academics, funders, universities, organisations, and government that are seeking to support the establishment of women led business in the Asian region. We are seeking chapters on the following topics: Chapter 2: Women's entrepreneurship in China Chapter 3: Women's entrepreneurship in Indonesia Chapter 4: Women's entrepreneurship in Vietnam Chapter 5: Women's entrepreneurship in Pakistan Chapter 6: Women's entrepreneurship in Korea Chapter 7: Women's entrepreneurship in India Chapter 8: Women's entrepreneurship in Bangladesh Submissions can include empirical work, including quantitative and qualitative or mixed methods, conceptual pieces, theoretical and systematic literature reviews. Make sure your work has a good theoretical base to it. You may also suggest a country for analysis, please contact the lead editor. Full Chapter Instructions Cover Page Title Full name(s) of Author(s) as they should appear in the finished work Full contact information for each author (Address, Phone, Fax, Email) and affiliations Keywords 5 keywords Abstract 150-word abstract which will be used to summarise the work Body of work Divided into appropriate sections and headings, please include figures and tables in separate files Chapter length: 5000-8000 words max. Referencing Style: APA 7th and use a reference manager such as Mendeley or Endnote. English Please use UK English Timelines 1st October 2023 - Deadline to confirm and commit to deliver book chapter. Please include, full names, affiliation, email address, chapter title, extended abstract of what you will cover 500 words. 1st February 2024 - First draft of chapter due for a friendly review 1st April 2024 - Chapters returned for revising 1st July 2024 - Final Chapters due for submission 1st Dec 2024 - Full book delivered for submission to the publisher References Alford, R. R., & Friedland, R. (1985). Powers of Theory: Capitalism, the State, and Democracy. Cambridge University Press. Cho, Y., Li, J., & Chaudhuri, S. (2020). Women Entrepreneurs in Asia: Eight Country Studies. ADVANCES IN DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES, 22(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422320907042 Davison, R., & Martinsons, M. (2016). Context is king! Considering particularism in research design and reporting. Journal of Information Technology, 31, 241-249. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2015.19<https://doi.org/https:/doi.org/10.1057/jit.2015.19> Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2021). Countries, Economies and Regions. Retrieved 10/12/21 from https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/countries-economies-and-regions Friedland, R., & Alford, R. R. (1991). Bringing society back in: Symbols, practices, and institutional contradictions. In W. W. Powell, J. Paul, & J. DiMaggio (Eds.), The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis (pp. 232-263). University of Chicago Press. Mastercard. (2021). The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs Report. https://www.mastercard.com/news/media/phwevxcc/the-mastercard-index-of-women-entrepreneurs.pdf Shane, S., & Venkataraman, S. (2000). The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research. The Academy of Management Review, 25(1), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.2307/259271 Thornton, P., & Ocasio, W. (2008). Institutional logics. In M. Greenwood, C. Oliver, & R. Suddaby (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism (pp. 99-128). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781849200387 Thornton, P., Ocasio, W., & Lounsbury, M. (2012). The institutional logics perspective: A new approach to culture, structure and process. Oxford University Press. World Economic Forum. (2023). Global Gender Gap Report. World Economic Forum. Retrieved 28th June 2023 from https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2023/ Thanks and Kind Regards, Dr Jane Menzies MBA and Postgraduate Programs Coordinator Secretary ANZIBA<https://www.anziba.org/about/executive/> LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-menzies-phd-7aa0503/> GoogleScholar<https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=-v2KNUgAAAAJ&hl=en> ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jane-Menzies> Senior Lecturer in International Business School of Business and Creative Industries UniSC Tel: +61 7 5456 5594 (ext 5594). [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | usc.edu.au<http://www.usc.edu.au/> [cid:[log in to unmask]] The University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and study. 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