Gender, entrepreneurial characteristics, and success: Evidence from Ethiopia

Mersha, Tigineh; Sriram, Ven

doi:10.1002/tie.21984

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“…Securing a decent job opportunity in South Africa may also prove difficult for those without tertiary education, hence they may end up becoming 'survival' entrepreneurs. These results support Mersha and Sriram's (2019) argument that socio-economic challenges may lead individuals to start a business (as means of survival).…”

Section: Comparing Demographic Variables With Business Start-up Motivation and Perceptions Of Entrepreneurial Success Levelsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Results further show that entrepreneurs' motivation to start a tourism business to take an opportunity is somewhat higher (about 54%) compared to the motivation of starting a business as means of survival (about 46%). Mersha and Sriram (2019) posit that in most African countries, entrepreneurs are pushed into business by socio-economic factors (such as unemployment). This study however found that majority of respondents started businesses based on available opportunity.…”

Section: Results and Discussion 1 Respondent's Profilementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Respondents were asked to show their level of agreement or disagreement with the statements used to measure 'managerial and operational capabilities', 'marketing capability' and 'general entrepreneurial statements'. Previous study (Mersha and Sriram, 2019) posits that entrepreneurs in Africa lack business management skills as they are likely to be pushed into business by socio-economic challenges. Results in Table 2 contradict this statement and show that 92% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed with the statement: 'I have skills and experience in running a tourism business'.…”

Section: Business Operation Statementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nuanced Gender Perceptions: Tourism Business Capabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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Africa²,

Ezeuduji³

et al. 2021

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We explored nuanced gender perceptions regarding the influences that business capabilities may have on tourism-related business operations in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. We used structured questionnaire to collect data from 150 tourism-related entrepreneurs and managers. This study made no conclusive finding that gender does play a role with regard to differentiating business success or performance, as reported in some literature. However, marketing capability is the main factor that influence business performance.

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Section: Comparing Demographic Variables With Business Start-up Motivation and Perceptions Of Entrepreneurial Success Levelsupporting

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Section: Results and Discussion 1 Respondent's Profilementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Business Operation Statementsmentioning

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Nuanced Gender Perceptions: Tourism Business Capabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

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“…Although women have an important role in encouraging an increase in the country's economy, the results of the previous study prove that women's entrepreneurial intentions are lower than men (Santos, Roomi, & Liñán, 2016). They also have lower entrepreneurial self-efficacy (Dempsey & Jennings, 2014) as they face more obstacles in their efforts to start and grow their business compared to men (Mersha & Sriram, 2019). Wang and Wong (2004) also stated that factors of gender, family experience in enterprise, and education level significantly influenced the students' interest of entrepreneurship in Singapore.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…However, family income, ethnicity, and citizenship obtained the opposite findings. Mersha and Sriram (2019) clearly said that gender was the differences in the characteristics and success of entrepreneurship. The determinants of success in entrepreneurship were significantly influenced by motivation, self-efficacy, and skills possessed by gender.…”

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Gender Differences in Students’ Entrepreneurial Interest in Higher Education at Tangerang

Mardisentosa

Khusaini

2019

Binus Business Review

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This research aimed to analyze the differences in entrepreneurial interest between male and female students. The research used independent sample test approaches. The population was the students in Tangerang with a locus at Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University, Rahardja College of Information and Computer Management, and Yuppentek College of Technology with a total of 5.803 students. The samples consisted of 487 students using Slovin formulation that were taken randomly by using proportionate simple random sampling technique. The instrument used was the questionnaire. The model analysis was Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test. The result shows that the students’ entrepreneurial interest in Tangerang is included in the high category. The highest of students’ entrepreneurial interest is Rahardja College Information and Computer Management results prove that there is no difference in entrepreneurial interest between male and female students. It is because the students have gained the knowledge and comprehension of entrepreneurship. Significantly, the students’ entrepreneurial interests at Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University, Rahardja College of Information and Computer Management, and Yuppentek College of Technology are no different. This study contributes to the entrepreneurship and gender literature in the context of the economies of regions and developing countries.

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The triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in sub‐Saharan Africa: Gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation

Gannon

Castellano

Eskander

et al. 2022

WIREs Climate Change

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The ability of businesses to adapt effectively to climate change is highly influenced by the external business enabling environment. Constraints to adaptive capacity are experienced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa, regardless of the gender of the business owner. However, gender is a critical social cleavage through which differences in adaptive capacity manifest and in Africa most entrepreneurs are women. We conduct a systematic review to synthesize existing knowledge on differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs in Africa to climate risk, in relation to their sensitivity to extreme climate events and their adaptive capacity. We synthesize this literature using a vulnerability analysis approach that situates vulnerability and adaptive capacity within the context of the wider climate risk framework denoted in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. In doing so, we identify gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation and suggest women entrepreneurs face a "triple differential vulnerability" to climate change, wherein they: (1) are often more sensitive to climate risk, as a result of their concentration in certain sectors and types of enterprises (e.g., micro SMEs in the agricultural sector in remote regions); (2) face additional barriers to adaptation in the business environment, including access to finance, technologies, (climate and adaptation) information and supportive policies; and (3) are also often concurrently on the frontline of managing climate risk at household levels. Since various forms of inequality often create compounding experiences of discrimination and vulnerability, we pay particular attention to how factors of differential vulnerability intersect, amplify, and reproduce.

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Gender, entrepreneurial characteristics, and success: Evidence from Ethiopia

Cited by 23 publications

References 60 publications

Nuanced Gender Perceptions: Tourism Business Capabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Nuanced Gender Perceptions: Tourism Business Capabilities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Gender Differences in Students’ Entrepreneurial Interest in Higher Education at Tangerang

The triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in sub‐Saharan Africa: Gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation

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