Factors Influencing the success of Women Entrepreneurs in Factor driven Economies

By : Amandeep Dhaliwal

Page No: 20-31

Abstract
Women entrepreneurship has been growing significantly all over the world. But it has been seen that women owned businesses tend to underperform and has higher failure/closure rates as compared to businesses owned by men. As per GEM report (2017), 4 out of 10 women exit business in the initial stage itself in case of factor driven countries. This research therefore identified a list of factors from literature and empirically surveyed the women entrepreneurs to find out the factors that influence the success of women entrepreneurs in such economies. Findings of the study found that the Support Systems, Personal Orientation & Knowledge Base were the overarching factors having the most impact on the success of women entrepreneurs in such economies.

Author :
Amandeep Dhaliwal : Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Manav Rachna Institute of Research & Studies, Faridabad.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/PROD.2019.60.01.3