An exploratory study on the development of women entrepreneurs: Indian cases

Agarwal, Sucheta; Lenka, Usha

doi:10.1108/jrme-04-2015-0024

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“…Iakovleva et al (2013) found that women distance themselves from the government because women perceive that the government does not provide adequate support and complicates their business by not setting clear policies and standards. Agarwal and Lenka (2016) confirmed that in addition to other support systems, official supporting bodies are essential for women to start and undertake entrepreneurial activities. The research, supported by Lindvert et al (2015), concluded that government support is crucial for entrepreneurship; yet women perceive that the government will not provide adequate support and thus avoid asking for assistance.…”

Section: Inadequate Support From the Governmentmentioning

confidence: 81%

Lived Experiences of Females With Entrepreneurship in Sudan: Networking, Social Expectations, and Family Support

Said

Enslin

2020

SAGE Open

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Extensive research exists on female entrepreneurship in developed countries such as North America and Europe; however, there is limited research on women entrepreneurs in African nations, specifically in Sudan. This descriptive phenomenological research was designed to explore, discover, and describe the perceptions and lived experiences of successful Sudanese female entrepreneurs concerning overcoming the challenges and obstacles faced in the beginning and managing new businesses in the region of Khartoum, capital of Sudan. This article uses the salient theories and concepts of entrepreneurship value creation theory, social role theory, challenges, and barriers facing women entrepreneurs. All these theories and concepts have been instrumental in understanding the lived experiences of challenges and barriers facing women entrepreneurs in Khartoum, Sudan. Data gathered from 19 female entrepreneurs purposively selected across Khartoum, Sudan, revealed that women struggle (a) having to secure funds; (b) society’s perception of suitable work for women; (c) access to networking; and (d) inadequate support from the government. The research also revealed that factors that influence factors to be successful are women’s family support and motivation; adjusting to social expectations. In addition to the strategies used to manage a successful business, there is a need for training and development skills and being persistent and believing in oneself. The research results showed that women experience mixed feelings during establishing and operating the business. The experience of women with the barriers and challenges includes fear, frustration, stress, and anger when they begin to manage the business. However, women also experienced positive feelings include risk-taking, courage, passion for learning, empowerment, fearlessness, ambition, determination, persistence, and believing in oneself. The women in this research were creative and initiative and managed to begin and operate a successful business.

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Section: Inadequate Support From the Governmentmentioning

confidence: 81%

Lived Experiences of Females With Entrepreneurship in Sudan: Networking, Social Expectations, and Family Support

Said

Enslin

2020

SAGE Open

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“…Figure 1 show the complete research framework adopted for this study. 13 The in-depth interviews intended to investigate- What are various responses of customers to the offer of brand substitution? Are there certain common demographic or other factors that influence the acceptance of brand substitution …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Customers’ response to the offer of substitute brands of medicines for the prescribed ones – An exploratory study of consumer behavior in North India

Kumar

Khandelwal

Saxena

2020

Journal of Generic Medicines

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Patients/customers are offered a substitute brand of medicine generally when the prescribed brand is not available at retail store. However, the customers respond in various ways to such an offer. There are many factors that affect the acceptance/rejection of the substitute brand by the customers. This study’s objective is to categorize consumers’ responses to the offer for substitute brand of medicine in place of the prescribed one in north India. Another objective of the study is to identify common characteristics of customers falling in different response categories. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with chemists/retailers and customers. The common responses of the customers to the offer of substitute drugs were- straightway acceptance, acceptance of substitute brand after the assurance of substitute being chemically equivalent by the pharmacist and rejection of the substitute. Education, age, trust on pharmacist and perceived seriousness of illness were the main factors affecting the acceptance of substitution.

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“…The major issues in both economies area high level of unbalanced work-life balance due to which most of the women quit entrepreneurship for the sake of their families (Emslie & Hunt, 2009;Rehman & Roomi, 2015). Moreover, in developed countries women come across the maledominant sector, have access to advanced technology, more opportunities and proper training whereas in developing countries women do not have proper governmental support programs, prejudice against women, faces injustice and the highest degree of restrictions due to religion and bureaucratic complexity (Drine & Grach, 2010;Mathew & Panchanatham, 2016).…”

Section: Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women Entrepreneurship In Developed And Emerging Market: Evidence From The Literature In Multidimensional Way

Siddiqui

Samo

Meraj

2020

PJGS

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The concept of entrepreneurship is widely studied and acknowledged. Over the past three decades, scholarly interest in the field of women entrepreneurship has been expanded. The phenomena of women entrepreneurship are moving towards being more specific for researcher. The purpose of this study is to collate and present a detailed analysis of literature on women entrepreneurs. The paper uses qualitative methodology that is systematic literature review SLR approach in order to critically determine and explore women entrepreneurs for both emerging and developed market from January 2009 to December 2018 based on five dimensions, i.e. challenges, skills, stereotypes, motivations, and financial stability. This review paper concentrates on studies published in master journal list. The study summarizes the findings of 73 articles out of these all articles, 36 articles were on emerging market and remaining 37 articles were on developed market. Findings of the study suggest that women in developing countries should focus more on consistency in their efforts when they embark on the journey of business, as the challenges and stereotypes are usually manageable. The study provides comparative overview of women entrepreneurship. It brings together coherent research literature on women entrepreneurship from multiple dimensions and thus creates a concise body to knowledge.

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An exploratory study on the development of women entrepreneurs: Indian cases

Cited by 58 publications

References 32 publications

Lived Experiences of Females With Entrepreneurship in Sudan: Networking, Social Expectations, and Family Support

Lived Experiences of Females With Entrepreneurship in Sudan: Networking, Social Expectations, and Family Support

Customers’ response to the offer of substitute brands of medicines for the prescribed ones – An exploratory study of consumer behavior in North India

Women Entrepreneurship In Developed And Emerging Market: Evidence From The Literature In Multidimensional Way

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