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amenities, including free shared addresses, secretarial services, free
usage of the co-working area on certain days, and meeting rooms (Rani
et al, 2022; Krishnan, et al, 2022).

A few co-working space operators offer free access to internal
workshops and training to their tenants (Robelski et al., 2019).
Furthermore, the shared workspace operator in most premises also
usually offers operational support such as access to business networks,
sharing of knowledge and ideas, free trainings, and workshops
(Robelski et al, 2019). The women entrepreneurs would benefit from
these trainings and workshops upon availability. Additionally, some
co-working space operators offer fundings and other facilities required
by tenants (Rani et al, 2022; Krishnan et al, 2022). Women
entrepreneurs would benefit from services and infrastructure, such as
high-speed internet connection, desks, and environment that would
increase their motivation and performance (Wang et al., 2022). Due
to the accessibility to such shared facilities with other tenants, women
entrepreneurs could save money compared to when they must
independently rent an office (Rani et al, 2022; Krishnan et al, 2022).

A collaborative workspace with community-centred approach is one
of the most salient features that distinguish shared workspaces from
other workspaces and traditional work offices (Wang et al., 2022;
Ansio et al., 2020; Gill et al., 2019; Yang et al., 2019). In other words,
work-sharing spaces could provide a sense of community, family, and
friendship, which are the criteria that have inspired people to make a
commitment to transform themselves to be more open when doing
business. Besides, diverse communities in shared workspaces fuel
creativity, knowledge sharing, and develop a sense of alliance among
tenants. Moreover, the network offered by common workspaces
would be showcase through the commitment of partner members to
help each other according to their expertise and experiences (Berbegal-

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