The influence of women on SME innovation in emerging markets

Madison, Kristen; Moore, Curt B.; Daspit, Joshua J.; Nabisaalu, Joyce Komakech

doi:10.1002/sej.1422

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“…This study would be focused on the entrepreneurial side of women's empowerment, close-fitted with the economic aspect of women's empowerment. There are contextual studies that imply that women-led SMEs hire more women whereas men-led SMEs like to have most of the workforce as men and that too in a technological SME (Madison, Moore, Daspit & Nabisaalu, 2022). This side of women empowerment is defined as the competence of women to hold the fort of their situations and categorize ambitions to lead their lives (Galie & Farnworth, 2019).…”

Section: Literature Review Women Empowermentmentioning

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Factors Affecting Women Empowerment: A Micro Financing Perspective

Adeel

Sabir

Majid

2023

JEBV

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Women are a massive chunk of Pakistan’s population yet only 25-30 % of women participate in its economic development, and, this low percentage affects overall women empowerment. The current study is an effort to show how governments can enhance women’s empowerment by investing time, money, and resources through micro-financing and skill development for women entrepreneurs and making them a dynamic part of the economy. Current study proposes a Conceptual Three-Dimensional Women Empowerment Model to ensure that all aspects such as personal, relational, and economic facets of women empowerment are covered. Our research fills in the theoretical gap by adding the aspects of skill development that are provided by the micro-financing authorities that help women in acquiring specific skills to make their start-ups a success, another theoretical gap that would be covered by this study is the collection of primary data to investigate the relationship of education in the success of entrepreneurial activities of women that has not been investigated previously. Further, the incorporation of a three-dimensional women empowerment model would provide the exact speck of the empowerment felt by the women. Based on the available literature, the proposed Conceptual Model depicts that there are some key areas that have been worked on by the governments, NGOs, and UN to reduce poverty, upsurge education, and create equal opportunities in terms of technical and higher education for both genders. Women are a larger part of the population, it is not possible for societies to prosper without refining the women’s counterparts of the society. For the greater good of society, the role of micro-finance, skill development, and education can not be overlooked to empower women and that is going to be the emphasis of the study. The study will accommodate the government and other private institutions to make micro-financing successful for women counterparts of the population through proper training and skill development programs. It can also be useful for NGOs and banks to have private skill development programs to ensure the success rate of micro financed based businesses. The study will be helpful for women and society twofold. Firstly, women’s empowerment would be reflected in personal, relational, and economic facets of everyday life for females. Secondly, women will emerge to be productive participants in society and the overall economic progress of the country will improve. Women's empowerment is a dilemma in developing countries. This study will help raise women's status in society and ensure that investments made to women by governments, NGOs, and banks through micro-financing can be made efficacious through proper skill instigation and education.

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Section: Literature Review Women Empowermentmentioning

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Factors Affecting Women Empowerment: A Micro Financing Perspective

Adeel

Sabir

Majid

2023

JEBV

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“…The papers in the special issue showcase various methods and empirical contexts for research on innovation in women's entrepreneurship and they highlight several themes at the macro, meso, and micro levels. One article focuses on a macro theme (Belz, Graddy‐Reed, Hanewicz, & Terrile, in press), two address meso themes (Bauweraerts, Rondi, Rovelli, De Massis, & Sciascia, 2022; Madison, Moore, Daspit, & Nabisaalu, 2022), and two address micro themes (McGrath, Chen, & Nerkar, in press; Seigner, Milanov, & Mckenny, in press). The articles in this special issue represent the frontiers of empirical research on innovation in women's entrepreneurship.…”

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“…At the meso level, Madison et al (2022) and Bauweraerts et al (2022) explore innovativeness in relation to specific organizational configurations. The study by Madison , Moore , Daspit , and Nabisaalu explores the socially embedded nature of innovation in emerging markets.…”

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Catalyzing change: Innovation in women's entrepreneurship

Brush

Eddleston

Edelman

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Strategic Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship and innovation are social and relational processes that occur in diverse contexts involving multiple stakeholders. Recently, research in entrepreneurship has begun to explore entrepreneurial processes through the lens of gender. However, unlike its entrepreneurship counterpart, innovation research has paid limited attention to gender dynamics. Indeed, the majority of studies on innovation focus on products, processes, or organizations, with the individual often not "seen." This special issue recognizes the intertwined nature of gender, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and in doing so, presents five articles that develop new theory and provide new empirical evidence on the topic of innovation in women's entrepreneurship. Collectively, they offer new perspectives and open new avenues for future work. In structuring this editorial, we present an overview of the state of the field, provide a multilevel future research agenda, and introduce the articles that comprise this special issue.Despite the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation for economies and societies world-wide, innovation and gender are rarely explored together. Indeed, limited attention has been placed on the gendered nature of the relations among innovators, entrepreneurs, and processes. This special issue includes five articles, which address this gap from multiple perspectives. The editorial describes the state of the field prior to the special issue, introduces the special issue articles, and identifies a multilevel perspective suggesting avenues for further investigation.Innovation is an important engine of economic development and a driver of social progress, economic recovery, and sustainability (Eriksson, 2014;Garcia & Calantone, 2002). Academic research on the role of innovation in economic and social change has expanded rapidly since the 1960s (Eriksson, 2014;Fagerberg, Mowery, & Nelson, 2005). Despite this, most innovation research focuses on where innovation takes place as opposed to who takes part in it. This lack of focus on people in the innovation process ensures that the gender perspectives and other personal characteristics of the scientists, technologists, and innovators remain invisible (Etzkowitz & Kemelgor, 2001). As a result, we have limited understanding of the gender dimension in innovation and how a feminine perspective may contribute to innovation research (Pecis & Berglund, 2021).In contrast, there has been much progress in examining women's entrepreneurship (Jennings & Brush, 2013;

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“…Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an essential role in economic growth and sustainable development worldwide. SMEs have significantly contributed to gross domestic product, employment creation, income generation and poverty alleviation in developing and developed nations (Bomani et al., 2018; Damoah, 2020; Dvouletý & Orel, 2019; Gherghina et al., 2020; López‐Fernández et al., 2021; Madison et al., 2022). Because of this, SMEs have been dubbed engines for economic development in many countries (Akin‐Adetoro & Kabanda, 2021).…”

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Factors influencing small and medium enterprises’ innovativeness: Evidence from manufacturing companies in Harare, Zimbabwe

2022

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The study investigated factors influencing innovativeness in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using empirical data from 330 SMEs, structural equation modelling was employed to test the factors that influence innovativeness at the level of the firm, namely the firm's resources, government support and institutional policies, networks and collaborations, the organization's innovative culture, local knowledge diffusion, and facilitating conditions. Results show that the firm's resources, government support and institutional policies, and networks and collaborations each positively influences innovativeness at the level of the firm. On the contrary, the organization's innovative culture, local knowledge diffusion and facilitating conditions were found to have insignificant effects on innovativeness. It is recommended that, to increase innovativeness, SMEs should invest in building up their resources in terms of both tangible and intangible resources. They can also lobby the government for support and to institute policies that promote innovativeness. Furthermore, SMEs are advised to build networks and collaborations with other institutions such as colleges, universities, research institutions and well‐established and innovative firms. SMEs in developing and emerging markets can benefit from these findings.

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The influence of women on SME innovation in emerging markets

Cited by 35 publications

References 170 publications

Factors Affecting Women Empowerment: A Micro Financing Perspective

Factors Affecting Women Empowerment: A Micro Financing Perspective

Catalyzing change: Innovation in women's entrepreneurship

Factors influencing small and medium enterprises’ innovativeness: Evidence from manufacturing companies in Harare, Zimbabwe

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