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In the first and second centuries CE a small elite of affluent slaves and wealthy free persons prospered in Rome amidst a mass of impoverished free inhabitants and impecunious enslaved people. Roman Inequality reconstructs the role that slaves and women played in this economy.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Women and the Industrialization Process: Bringing Female Entrepreneurs out of the Shadows -- Chapter 2. Women and Business in Urban Northern Europe -- Chapter 3. Female Factory Owners in the Industry of Moscow, 1840s–1860s -- Chapter 4. The Story of Rosa – The Fall of a Female Entrepreneur in the Nineteenth Century Pest-Buda -- Chapter 5. Doing Contexts. Women in Family Narratives -- Chapter 6. Handelsfrauen: On the Legal Conditions of Women's Commercial Activity in the Long Nineteenth Century in Central Europe -- Chapter 7. The Woman Trader in French Law in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 8. Self-Employed Women as Small Traders - Manufacturers and Retailers in the City of Bologna in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 9. Filomena Ferrari: From Farmer to Entrepreneur; A Successful Case of Swiss Migration to Italy in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 10. Women, Wealth, and Business (Milan, Nineteenth Century) -- Chapter 11. Noblewomen, business and financial management in nineteenth-century France -- Chapter 12. A Female Competitor to the Miners of the Pyrenees: How Did Her Rivals View Claudine Le Breton-Pignal? -- Chapter 13. Myths and Biases: An Exploration of Women's Historical Patenting Activities.

In line with its mission to enhance networking and communication by extending ties with international organizations working on gender issues, Al-Raida will be reprinting policy and issue briefs prepared by the International Labour Organization in its upcoming issues. The purpose of this joint venture is to promote research on the condition of women in the Arab world, especially with respect to social change and development, and to reach out to women and empower them through consciousness-raising. This brief below is reprinted with permission from the International Labour Organization Regional Office for Arab States published by ILO, 2008.In line with its mission to enhance networking and communication by extending ties with internationalorganizations working on gender issues, Al-Raida will be reprinting policy and issue briefs preparedby the International Labour Organization in its upcoming issues. The purpose of this joint venture is topromote research on the condition of women in the Arab world, especially with respect to social change anddevelopment, and to reach out to women and empower them through consciousness-raising. This brief belowis reprinted with permission from the International Labour Organization Regional Office for Arab Statespublished by ILO, 2008.

Les préjugés et la discrimination sont souvent considérés responsables du petit nombre de femmes ambitieuses ayant réussi à atteindre des postes de direction dans les affaires. Le présent article démontre que l'insuccès de bien des femmes est dûà d'autres facteurs plus importants. L'analyse est fondée sur des interviews en profondeur auprès d'un choix de femmes d'affaires de Delhi, Sydney et Montréal.Prejudice and discrimination are often cited as accounting for the small number of ambitious women who have worked their way up to executive business positions. This paper contends that there are other, more important factors that are responsible for the failure of many women to succeed. The study is based on intensive interviews with a selection of businesswomen resident in Delhi, Sydney, and Montreal

The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of design factors which consist of training content, training delivery, trainer competency and opportunity to use on small businesswomen's goal setting activities. The instrument for this research is adapted and modified from the Training Transfer Model and Model for Excellence (American Society of Training and Development Competency Research). Four independent variables: training content, training delivery and trainer's competency and opportunity to use; and goal setting as dependent variable formed the framework for this research. Multiple regressions were used to investigate the relationship between design factors and goal setting. Findings from a survey of 246 small businesswomen attending training programs organized by government agencies showed that opportunity to use made the strongest contribution towards goal setting followed by training content, trainer's competency and training delivery. Awareness on the constraints or barriers in the design factors can assist the primary stakeholders (organizer and trainers) and human resource personnel in developing effective training programs. Thus, this alertness can help to create a fair situation for them to accomplish their training objectives. Finally it is also beneficial to the trainees to transfer the knowledge and skills to their own businesses.

This study focuses on the emerging 'women entrepreneurship' and 'womenowned businesses' in Brunei Darussalam. It first examines the demographic background, personal competency, reasons behind the choice of 'selfemployment career,' and management style of the businesswomen. Secondly, it looks into the main sources of finance, lines of merchandise, size of the work force, and problems of the women-owned enterprises. The sample consists of 50 businesswomen. In manufacturing, retail, and service businesses. These businesswomen have gone through the formal education process and are in their thirties. Their reasons for doing business are independence and an opportunity to use their knowledge and experience. The popular types of business activities for these businesswomen are retailing and services. They practise a centralised decision making style. Their businesses are generally in the start-up stage and the predominant source of capital is personal savings. Most of the businesses employ less than 10 workers and the major problems of the businesses are labour shortage and strong competition.