Women Entrepreneurship in India: Evidence from Economic Censuses

Samantroy, Ellina; Tomar, Jitendra Singh

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“…Thus, the patriarchal system and values are resisted, offering the possibility of "undoing" gender (Kelan, 2010). Entrepreneurship strengthens women's agency in terms of their ability to challenge social constraints (Swain and Wallentin, 2009;Samantroy and Tomar, 2018;World Bank, 2018).…”

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Women founders in a high-tech incubator: negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context

Gupta¹,

Etzkowitz

2021

IJGE

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PurposeThis study aims to understand the socio-cultural context of Indian women's high-tech entrepreneurial experience. Despite a small proportion of women entrepreneurs, and the traditional gender dynamics among the educated middle-classes that appears to be antithetical to female entrepreneurship; women-led high-tech start-ups are on the rise.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews were conducted with women founders at an academic incubator in an elite Indian Institute of Technology. The study was based on the post-structural feminist approach that women entrepreneurs are embedded in their socio-cultural and institutional context. During data collection, the Coronavirus lockdown provided a natural experiment, highlighting entrepreneurial response to unforeseen obstacles.FindingsIt finds that the context is significant in constructing opportunity, and in navigating challenges of gender and entrepreneurship. Further, in the process of construction of an entrepreneurial identity, women innovators not only reproduce, but also modify their context. Also, the experiences with academic incubator indicate positive results both for gender dynamics and enhancing an emergent entrepreneurial culture.Practical implicationsThe study highlights that women's high-tech entrepreneurship has considerable potential for enhancing women's status in society through the support of academic incubator. This has certain implications for policy.Originality/valueIt provides an insight in to the hitherto neglected issue of women's high-tech entrepreneurship in India, and argues that a study of “social embeddedness” not only highlights constraints for women entrepreneurs unique to that context, but also the potential of women's entrepreneurship in advancing women's agency and gender equality.

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“…Agarwal and Lenka, 2018), and for empowerment of women (e.g. Samantroy and Tomar, 2018;Datta and Gailey, 2012). However, Indian studies on women's entrepreneurship usually focus on necessity-driven ventures (e.g.…”

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Women founders in a high-tech incubator: negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context

Gupta¹,

Etzkowitz

2021

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“…Hence, their potential should be used as catalysts to promote the nation's economic growth and development (Ramadani et al, 2013(Ramadani et al, , 2017Shastri et al, 2019). Women entrepreneurship has significant social implications in addition to empowering women economically as it promotes gender equality and the well-being of the society (Gupta, 2021;Paramanandam and Packirisamy, 2015;Samantroy and Tomar, 2018;Shukla and Chauhan, 2018;Stephan, 2018).…”

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Career choice, growth and well-being of women entrepreneurs’ community: insights on driving factors in India

Banu

Baral

2021

JEC

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Purpose This paper aims to explore the entrepreneurial journey of select women entrepreneurs from South India to provide qualitative insights into the factors influencing their career choice (to become and continue as an entrepreneur) and to identify the drivers of their growth and well-being. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data from 35 women entrepreneurs in the micro, small and medium enterprises sectors of Tamil Nadu, India. Data were content analyzed using NVivo 12. Findings Qualitative content analysis identified three broad themes and several sub-themes to suggest a conceptual framework reflecting the possible relationships among them. Women entrepreneurs’ career choice, the growth of their ventures and their well-being were found to be significantly driven by a blend of personal attributes, strong family support and institutional support. Practical implications The findings will help the government to provide appropriate institutional support with customized initiatives and incentives to encourage women-owned tiny and small businesses to grow faster. Appropriate personality development programs and skills training will aid their growth. Originality/value This study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by providing real-life insights from women entrepreneurs from an emerging economy context, especially from Tamil Nadu, which has the highest number of women entrepreneurs in India.

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“…Without, the social support, women decide either not to pursue entrepreneurship as a career or they decide to start it a micro level out of necessity. Consequently, women entrepreneurship in India constitute only 13%of the total entrepreneurs and the women creating SMEs are even lower (Samantroy & Tomar, 2018). Despite, the acknowledgement of the fact that without boosting women's economic participation in SMEs, it will be challenging for India to achieve 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), (Anthony, Arthur, Nagarajan, Wood, & Ayyagari, 2015;Kent Baker, Kumar, & Rao, 2017).…”

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Social Desirability and Mentorship Influencing New Venture Creation by Women Entrepreneurs in India

Choudhary¹,

Hashim²,

Ann³

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Women entrepreneurs in developing countries like India find opportunity recognition challenging thereby, preventing them from creating new ventures, particularly SMEs. Social desirability and mentorship have been recognised an important dimension of social support for women entrepreneurs. Environments, where the social desirability of women entrepreneurship is higher, can encourage entrepreneurship as a career path for women. Similarly, external knowledge provided by experienced mentor can be one of the most relevant sources of information for women to recognise opportunities and exploit it by creating new ventures. Mentorship becomes more important for women considering they have less networks, awareness and social capital. However, little knowledge has been advanced to investigate their influence on mentorship and social desirability opportunity recognition and creation of women owned SMEs in India. Presence of these support factors can encourage women entrepreneurship whereas lack of them can discourage women to pursue entrepreneurship. Furthermore, there is a dearth of studies examining the mediating role of opportunity recognition between social desirability, mentorship and venture creation. Based on the synthesis of vast amount of prior literature, a conceptual model of venture creation is developed to explain the relationships amongst the constructs under study. Consequently, testable propositions are proposed for future empirical examinations. The proposed relationships are further explained with the support of Institutional theory and Resource based theory.

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Women Entrepreneurship in India: Evidence from Economic Censuses

Cited by 26 publications

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Women founders in a high-tech incubator: negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context

Women founders in a high-tech incubator: negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context

Career choice, growth and well-being of women entrepreneurs’ community: insights on driving factors in India

Social Desirability and Mentorship Influencing New Venture Creation by Women Entrepreneurs in India

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