What Are the Factors Impacting Female Entrepreneurs’ Participation in Government-led Entrepreneurial

Abstract

The main objective of this thesis is to investigate and explain, using the theory of external support programs as the support option of last resort, why some Saudi female entrepreneurs contact government support programs to obtain support while others do not? This goal has not been accomplished by any other research, as previous research on support programs has been based on evaluation and impact-oriented, neglecting the important issue of low utilization rates of these programs by Saudi female