2025

Shahzad, Faisal; Beikverdi, Lana; Poudel, Dinesh; Arslan, Ahmad

This chapter is one of the few academic studies to focus specifically on female microentrepreneurs operating in the Nepalese hospitality sector. Using the resource-based view as the main theoretical lens, the current chapter explores the specific challenges faced by female microentrepreneurs, along with highlighting the potential empowering role of their engagement in entrepreneurial activities. Based on in-depth interviews with ten female microentrepreneurs, the study findings reveal the challenges and effectiveness of agility and resilience as well as digital tools for Nepalese female microentrepreneurs. Moreover, the findings also show how critical factors such as agility, resilience and digital tools for female microentrepreneurs in the Nepalese hospitality sector manifest themselves differently in the case of Western vs. non-Western tourist groups.