Women-Empowerment Through Women Entrepreneurship (A Study of Faizabad Zone of Uttar-Pradesh)

Dwivedi, Nivedita; Mishra, Tanya

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“…These all lead to the empowerment of women (Sharma and Varma, 2008). Thus, entrepreneurship is regarded as an important tool for empowering women as it involves access to markets and resources, ownership and control, which are the most important factors for empowering women (Dwivedi and Dwivedi, 2011). Moreover, entrepreneurship offers a way to empower women, especially in places where the unemployment rate is high, such as in Jordan.…”

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Empowering Jordanian women through entrepreneurship

Banihani¹

2020

JRME

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Purpose A strong correlation has been found across several countries between women’s positions in society and economic development, suggesting that there is a relationship between women’s empowerment and countries’ economic development. Despite the impact women have in terms of economic activity and job creation, however, the role of women entrepreneurs is often underplayed and undervalued. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the challenges women entrepreneurs face in Jordan to uncover ways to empower them. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative research used in-depth interviews with 15 women to investigate their perceptions regarding the challenges affecting their businesses. Semi-structured interviews were used to allow participants flexibility in expressing their views and experiences. The results from the interviews were analysed using NVIVO software to identify themes and categories. Findings It was found that women entrepreneurs in Jordan still face many challenges, primarily related to family responsibilities, networking and physical mobility. Research limitations/implications Recommendations for scholars and decision makers are presented to reduce the impact of the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Jordan. Originality/value This research contributes to the current entrepreneurial literature as it provides a deeper understanding of the experiences of women entrepreneurs in Jordan. Thus, it heeds the call for more research on women entrepreneurs in developing countries. In shedding light on the experiences of female entrepreneurs in Jordan, this paper provides strong arguments for challenging the traditional social perceptions regarding the roles of women.

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Empowering Jordanian women through entrepreneurship

Banihani¹

2020

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“…According to Beck and Demirguc-Kunt (2006), start-up experienced complex financing obstacles than larger and established businesses. Finance-related services refer to the support in accessing external financing sources such as venture capital funds and direct financial support and many more (Dwivedi & Mishra, 2013;Heydebreck et al, 2000). Finance-related is defined as monetary support to the start-up, from the government and institution owned by the government such as support schemes, mediation of contacts to financiers, and direct support in the financing of innovation projects which entrepreneurs take while starting their business or enhancing the business (Alfredsson, 2003;Dwivedi & Mishra, 2013;Heydebreck et al, 2000).…”

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The Role of Support on Start-Up Success: A PLS-Sem Approach

Kee¹,

Yusoff²,

Khin³

2019

AAMJ

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A start-up plays a significant role in the economic growth, employment opportunity, incubators for eco-innovation, and create a new market. Despite their important roles towards the economic and social growth, start-ups face difficulty in sustaining and surviving as the failure rate of start-up range between 50% and 95%, especially in emerging countries such as Malaysia. Therefore, it is important for start-ups in developing countries to identify specific support services that determine their success. In this study, we focus on technology-related, market-related, finance-related, and soft-related supports received by start-ups in Malaysia. The present study has collected data from 500 startups in Malaysia who were recipients of the funding from Malaysia government agencies. To the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first statistical test of how start-ups who were business owners or business partners receiving funding or support from the government agencies view the support system. Based on the analysis, this study provides evidence that support matters to start-up success. Technology-related, finance-related, and soft-related supports hold a significant relationship with the start-up success, while surprisingly, market-related support did not have a significant relationship with start-up success. Our results have extended previous research by highlighting the importance of these supports in driving start-up success and indicating how each dimension of these support services either enhances or inhibits start-up success.

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“…Women empowerment refers to increasing and improving the social, economic, political and legal strength of the women, to ensure equal-right to women, and to make them confident enough to claim their rights. Moreover, Dwivedi and Dwivedi (2011) confirmed the contribution of female-entrepreneurs to the economic development. Mathew and Panchanatham (2011) emphasized that the growth of the family and the country in general can be attributed to the growth of women.…”

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Women Entrepreneurship Development in Yemen: The Role of Decision-Making Empowerment

Al-Radami

Al-Abed

2021

JOI

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This research was conducted to examine the impact of decision-making empowerment on women entrepreneurship development in Yemen. Two dimensions of decision-making empowerment were used; economic decision making, and household decision-making empowerment. This study employed the quantitative approach and the method of collecting data was the online-questionnaire. The targeted sample size of this study was 200 business women in Yemen and the response rate was 96.5%. The results of the correlational analysis show that there is a clear strong positive correlation between decision-making empowerment and women entrepreneurship development. In addition, the two dimensions; economic decision making, and household decision-making have a significant relationship with women entrepreneurship development. The results of the regression analysis reveal that decision-making empowerment has a significant impact on women entrepreneurship development and the economic decision-making empowerment and household decision-making empowerment were explaining women entrepreneurship development. It can be concluded that empowering women by allowing them to participate in economic and household decision-making appears to be one of the important factors for developing women's entrepreneurship in particular, which in turn will help reduce poverty as well as achieve economic growth.

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Women-Empowerment Through Women Entrepreneurship (A Study of Faizabad Zone of Uttar-Pradesh)

Cited by 12 publications

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Empowering Jordanian women through entrepreneurship

Empowering Jordanian women through entrepreneurship

The Role of Support on Start-Up Success: A PLS-Sem Approach

Women Entrepreneurship Development in Yemen: The Role of Decision-Making Empowerment

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