Performance of Women Entrepreneurs: Does Access to Finance Really Matter?

Khaleque, Abdul

doi:10.17015/ejbe.2018.021.02

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“…This is to mean that older firms are more likely to maximize profit than younger firms because of the social capital they have gathered over time through experience. This finding also accords with the result of Rajan, Muralidharan, and Ravi (2019) and Khaleque (2018) who stated that an enterprise's experience has a significant effect on the performance for the reason that older firms have more experience and a superior financial position to execute their business activities than their counterparts.…”

Section: Econometric Results and Discussion On Performance Determinantssupporting

confidence: 89%

Determinants that influence the performance of women entrepreneurs in micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia

Alene

2020

J Innov Entrep

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore determinants that influence women entrepreneurs’ performance in micro and small enterprises in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, and in turn contribute to entrepreneurship-related literature mainly in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach The study employed an explanatory research design with agreement of primary data collection via a cross-sectional survey questionnaire followed by quantitative research approach. The sample of this study was 180 women entrepreneurs and selected using random sampling technique. Findings The findings of this study revealed that educational level, previous entrepreneurial experience, access to business training, access to finance, access to business information, government support, land ownership, and tax are significant in explaining women entrepreneurs’ performance in one hand. On the other side, however, age, marital status, access to market, and access to physical infrastructure are found to be insignificant variables in determining women entrepreneurs’ performance. Research limitations/implications The study used one time data for determinants like level of education, previous working experience, age, and profitability of the enterprise. Thus, due to frequent change in such variables, the study may not reflect the dynamics of the data, which would have a convincing influence on the conclusion. In addition, the research has only consisted of 180 samples. Moreover, such number may not represent the whole population of the entrepreneurs of Ethiopian MSEs. In future research, it is advisable to expand study factors, use interviews as a research tool, and make a comparison between women and men entrepreneurial performances. Practical implications The paper might serve as an input for officials to consider such determinants and encourage an environment that increases women entrepreneurs’ performance. In addition, the study might help women entrepreneurs in addressing the factors affecting performance to take actions towards improving their performance and in turn contribute to job creation, wealth, innovation, and poverty alleviation. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on the determinants of women entrepreneurs’ performance in micro and small enterprises. Specifically, it tests the impact of educational level, age, marital status, previous entrepreneurial experience, access to business training, access to finance, access to business information, access to market, access to physical infrastructure, government support, land ownership, and tax on the performance of women entrepreneurs.

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Section: Econometric Results and Discussion On Performance Determinantssupporting

confidence: 89%

Determinants that influence the performance of women entrepreneurs in micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia

Alene

2020

J Innov Entrep

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“…This is to mean that older rms are more likely to maximize pro t than younger rms because of the social capital they have gathered over time through experience. This nding also accords with the result of Rajan, Muralidharan, & Ravi, (2019) and Khaleque (2018) who stated that an enterprise's experience has a signi cant effect on the performance for the reason that older rms have more experience and a superior nancial position to execute their business activities than their counterparts.…”

Section: Econometric Results and Discussion On Performance Determinantssupporting

confidence: 87%

Determinants that Influence the Performance of Women Entrepreneurs’ in Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia

Alene¹

2020

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore determinants that influence women entrepreneurs’ performance in micro and small enterprises’ in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia and in turn contribute to entrepreneurship related literature mainly in developing countries.Design/methodology/approach: The study employed an explanatory research design with agreement of primary data collection via a cross-sectional survey questionnaire followed by quantitative research approach. The sample of this study was 180 women entrepreneurs and selected using random sampling technique. Findings: The findings of this study revealed that educational level, previous entrepreneurial experience, access to business training, access to finance, access to business information, government support, land ownership and tax are significant in explaining women entrepreneurs’ performance in one hand. On the other side, however, age, marital status, access to market and access to physical infrastructure are found to be insignificant variables in determining women entrepreneurs’ performance.Research limitations/implications: The study was used one time data for determinants like level of education, previous working experience, age and profitability of the enterprise. Thus, due to frequent change in such the variables, the study may not reflect the dynamics of the data, which would have a convinced influence on the conclusion. In addition, the research has only consisted of 180 samples. Moreover, such number may not represent the whole population of the entrepreneurs of Ethiopian MSEs. Future research, it is advisable to expand study factors, use interviews as a research tool and make comparison between women and men entrepreneurial performances.Practical implications: The paper might serve as an input for officials to consider such determinants and encourage an environment that increases women entrepreneurs’ performance. In addition, the study might help women entrepreneurs in addressing the factors affecting performance to take actions towards improving their performance and in turn contribute to job creation, wealth, innovation, and poverty alleviation.Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature on the determinants of women entrepreneurs’ performance in micro and small enterprises. Specifically, it tests the impact of educational level, age, marital status, previous entrepreneurial experience, access to business training, access to finance, access to business information, access to market, access to physical infrastructure, government support, land ownership and tax on the performance of women entrepreneurs’.

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“…When there are more chances to access financial aid or help, the performance of the women entrepreneurs will also increase. This is proven based on the study done by Al-Kwifi et al, 2019;Rajan et al, 2019;Khaleque, 2018;and Salah, 2018, whereby financial accessibility is an important element of the performance of women entrepreneurs. As we know that financial aid is important in boosting or even starting a business, and it is more important for a business to continue to do well.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…At the same time, business, programs, and training show a positive impact on the performance of women in their business (Khaleque, 2018). Government initiatives and programs should cater to the needs of womenpreneurs and measure the success of the effort done for them (Mutalib and Arshad, 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Determinants Factors of Womenpreneurship Performances in Low Economic Class : An Evidence from Melaka

Malik

Chan

2021

IJEBCE

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Within this study, we want to examine factors those determine to the rise of womenpreneurship, since it is one of the most important 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to eradicate national poverty as well as to support the innovation and ever-growing economy. The increasing of women's participation in entrepreneurs demonstrated positive impact of female entrepreneurs, not only on the family but also on economic growth and development. We build our theoretical framework based on literature surveys; that factors of an inspiring role model, education on digital skills, and financial support, which taken from Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), contribute to this increasing of womenpreneurship participation. As far as we have known, we are among the first who establish the study focused on women entrepreneurs, especially among the B40 economic social class. We employ a quantitative approach of Multiple Regression Linear Analysis with a convenience sample, comprising 100 women entrepreneurs in Melaka. We find that women entrepreneurs with clear targets, would not only possess the right attitude in their entrepreneurial path, but also become the society role models at the same time. Also, when facing the social pressure, womenpreneurs will equip themselves with proper education to grasp more opportunities. Even though limited by the participation rate, especially those in the rural areas, we would like to make recommendations on ways to encourage more women to pursue entrepreneurship, especially during the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Performance of Women Entrepreneurs: Does Access to Finance Really Matter?

Cited by 21 publications

References 41 publications

Determinants that influence the performance of women entrepreneurs in micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia

Determinants that influence the performance of women entrepreneurs in micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia

Determinants that Influence the Performance of Women Entrepreneurs’ in Micro and Small Enterprises in Ethiopia

The Determinants Factors of Womenpreneurship Performances in Low Economic Class : An Evidence from Melaka

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