Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
My scholarly interests range widely, encompassing entrepreneurship and focusing on the culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competencies, family businesses, entrepreneurship education, and the informal economy. My research also contributes to the already established discourse on gendering entrepreneurship and provides explicit feminist perspectives highlighting the inadvertent reinforcement of women’s subordination to men in the context of the entrepreneurial endeavours.
I am a member of the Global Women Entrepreneurship Program involved in OECD projects on women entrepreneurship policies. I am also an external examiner at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Education/Academic qualification
Entrepreneurship, Doctorate, Cardiff Metropolitan University
13 Feb 2013 → 9 Jun 2016
Strategic Management, MBA, Plymouth University
12 Feb 2011 → 15 Mar 2012
Foreign Languages, Degree, University of Port Harcourt
12 Oct 1991 → 15 Oct 1994
External positions
External Examiner, University of Pretoria
3 Oct 2019 → …Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Bridget Irene is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Network
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Research Output
Competency-Based Entrepreneurship Education: Analysis of the Disruptive Innovation Theory in African HEIs
Irene, B., Opute, A. & Ibidunni, S., 10 Sep 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : International Journal of Business and Globalisation. (In-press), p. (In-press)Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Technopreneurship: A Discursive Analysis of the Impact of Technology on the Success of Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa
Irene, B., 8 Mar 2019, Digital Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects. Taura, N., Elvira, B. & Madiche, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Springer, p. 147-173 27 p. ( Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Women entrepreneurs in South Africa: Maintaining a balance between culture, personal life, and business
Irene, B., 23 Feb 2018, Women Entrepreneurs and the Myth of 'Underperformance': A New Look at Women's Entrepreneurship Research. Yousafzai, S., Fayolle, A., Lindgreen, A., Henry, C., Saeed, S. & Sheikh, S. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 90-106 17 p. (Women Entrepreneurs and the Myth of 'Underperformance': A New Look at Women's Entrepreneurship Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
A Cross-cultural Assessment of the Competency Needs of Women Operating in the Context of SMMEs in South Africa
Irene, BNO., 2017, In : Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. 8, 1, p. 20-30 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The Macroeconomic Landscape of Post-Apartheid South Africa A Critical Review of the Effect of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Program on the Success of Female SMEs Operators
Irene, B. N. O., Jan 2017, In : Journal of Educational and Social Research. 7, 1, p. 145–150 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) / African Unity for Renaissance Conference
Bridget Irene (Speaker)8 May 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference