Sustainability and Connection to Place: Land Stewardship through Local Icelandic Women-Run Businesses

• Main Author: DeHarpporte, Hazel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SIT Digital Collections 2022
• Subjects: Business Administration; Management; and Operations; Civic and Community Engagement; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Place and Environment; Sustainability; Women's Studies; Djúpivogur; Ísafjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3520; https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4544&context=isp_collection

Iceland is one of the leading countries in gender equality, but women are still underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship. Women have unique approaches to land stewardship, and there is evidence that they are more likely than men to act sustainably. The purpose of this study is to explore th...