Assessment of the significance of factors affecting the growth of women entrepreneurs: study based on experience categorization

Agarwal, Sucheta; Ramadani, Veland; Dana, Léo‐Paul; Agrawal, Vivek; Dixit, Jitendra Kumar

doi:10.1108/jeee-08-2020-0313

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“…Previous academic research shows that women embark more on traditional areas such as commerce and services (GEM, 2018;Kargwell, 2012), which explains how their businesses are related to necessity rather than opportunity. The cases studied in this article provide evidence that although women can engage in traditional sectors, if they have a proper strategy for innovation, they may achieve high impact results, supporting Amorós and Poblete (2013) and Agarwal et al (2021). Therefore, this research developed the case method as a way of analyzing the main characteristics of growth-focused WLB.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Previous research has argued that the success of women entrepreneurs would depend on factors such as determination, education, business resilience, personal satisfaction, and the provision of employment (Agarwal, Ramadani, Dana, Agrawal and Dixit, 2021). High impact ventures, also defined as by opportunity or dynamic ventures, are likely to have a close relationship with more developed countries (Reynolds, 2002).…”

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Female entrepreneurship: Evidence-based high-impact perspective from Chile and Peru

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This study aims to highlight cases of women-led business (WLB) that achieved high-growth in the short term, contradicting the traditional approach of female entrepreneurship associated with precariousness. This paper uses a multiple case study, exploring examples of WLBs in Chile and Peru. The results show some entrepreneurial behavior patterns among WLBs, such as experience in the field, growth-oriented strategy, service innovation, accelerated expansion, high-quality products, and a particular attitude toward entrepreneurship. This study shed additional light on how some WLBs are not linked to subsistence or low-impact, as well as how public policies must support high-growth WLBs.

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“…The study's prime purpose is to explore five successful female entrepreneurs' various challenges, motivations, supportive mechanisms and growth journeys. Similar attempts have been made earlier to elucidate the entrepreneurial journeys using case studies of established women entrepreneurs of Northern India Lenka, 2016, 2017;Agarwal et al, 2020b;Agarwal et al, 2021;Datta and Gailey, 2012;Lenka and Agarwal, 2017). The qualitative research methodology seems appropriate to analyze small samples and generate reliable and valid data (Patton, 2002).…”

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“…These participants provided us information-rich case studies with their entrepreneurial experience. The case study approach is considered a valid qualitative research methodology (Neuman, 1997; Patton, 2002; Yin, 2009) and has been used in earlier research studies on women entrepreneurs (Agarwal et al , 2021; Agarwal and Lenka, 2016; Aggestam and Wigren-Kristoferson, 2017; Datta and Gailey, 2012; Gooptu and Chakravarty, 2018; Lenka and Agarwal, 2017; Roy et al , 2021). All five successful women entrepreneurs living and operating their businesses in Tamil Nadu are working toward women empowerment besides pursuing their business goals.…”

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What does it take to be a woman entrepreneur? Explorations from India

Rastogi

Baral

Banu

2022

ICT

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Purpose This paper aims to provide relevant knowledge about entrepreneurship and women’s leadership in the Indian context. More specifically, it unleashes the veiled challenges as well as success stories of select women entrepreneurs of a developing country to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship theory and practice. It aims to provide directions to the policymakers, educationists, society and families in creating a conducive environment that is essential for the success of women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach With a qualitative case study approach, data were collected from Tamil Nadu, a southern Indian state which has a maximum number of women entrepreneurs. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to explore the supportive as well as challenging dimensions of their entrepreneurial journey. Findings Content analysis of the interview transcripts indicated that successful entrepreneurs are opportunity-driven and they focus on innovation, service, generation of wealth and employment. Support from family, especially from fathers or husbands, is as important as the entrepreneurial drive, skills and abilities of an entrepreneur. Success for them is being happy, thriving work, having a happy family, having a great work-life balance and the satisfaction to have served society apart from being independent (economically/ financially). Among India’s societal and cultural realities, women have to conquer many hurdles (both implicit and explicit) in their way concerning the societal attitudes toward women stepping out of the home boundaries and traditional gender role expectations. The silver line is societal attitudes are changing, especially in urban India. There are enough support and encouragement from the family, which helps these women pursue their passion and eventually become a successful leader. Social implications The success stories of women will bring a wave of positive developmental change in India by fostering respect for women in a male-dominated society and flashing the importance of women’s entrepreneurship. Originality/value This paper provides a new examination of women entrepreneurs that significantly further the debate about the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles, especially in entrepreneurship in an emerging economy context like India. Apart from the deterrents, it aims to highlight the enablers and motivations to choose this unconventional profession.

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“…Spirituality integrates the moral, social and religious values of the entrepreneur in the running of their business (Kolsome, 2010). Spirituality allows the entrepreneur to think about the betterment of society (Agarwal et al , 2021). It does not address the need for fulfilling financial needs.…”

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Spirituality and entrepreneurship: integration of spiritual beliefs in an entrepreneurial journey

Rashid

Ratten

2021

JEC

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Purpose The role of spirituality in entrepreneurship is a new area of inquiry that has emerged from different scholarly fields. There is no specific way to study spirituality as it rather depends on the context and influence of religious beliefs. This paper aims to study the integration of spirituality in the entrepreneurial journeys of individual entrepreneurs in Pakistan. Thereby focusing on the factors that set reassurance for entrepreneurs to practice their spiritual beliefs in an emerging market context. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative research approach and data from entrepreneurs in different businesses, this study examines how entrepreneurs reach the point where they are willing to run their businesses based on their spiritual beliefs. The data analysis technique used to study the entrepreneurs is the Gioia method of analysis, which enables key themes to emerge. Findings This study finds that the process through which Pakistani entrepreneurs run their businesses based on spiritual beliefs within their mission and goals can be considered as discerning spiritual beliefs, affirmation of spiritual beliefs and materializing beliefs into action. Each of these spiritual beliefs has been accumulated through lifelong learning and experience in which trust in business relationships is highlighted. Social implications The insights of this study can be applied to different entrepreneurial ventures to create a framework of entrepreneurial businesses that incorporate spirituality within their mission and vision statements. It can then be used to design education and training activities for other spiritual entrepreneurs to enable further entrepreneurial development in different communities. Originality/value Spirituality can alter the entrepreneurial nature of a business. This means that entrepreneurs who possess high spiritual beliefs can incorporate their spirituality within specific business functions to enable a more positive outcome. This study stands as the first in Pakistan to consider the ways entrepreneurs incorporate their spiritual beliefs in their entrepreneurial journey.

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Assessment of the significance of factors affecting the growth of women entrepreneurs: study based on experience categorization

Cited by 33 publications

References 65 publications

Female entrepreneurship: Evidence-based high-impact perspective from Chile and Peru

Female entrepreneurship: Evidence-based high-impact perspective from Chile and Peru

What does it take to be a woman entrepreneur? Explorations from India

Spirituality and entrepreneurship: integration of spiritual beliefs in an entrepreneurial journey

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