scholarly journals Critical Factors for the Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Retail Business of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Dr. Nazrul Islam ◽  
Mohitul Ameen Ahmed Mustafi ◽  
Abid Aziz ◽  
Amitava Bose Bapi ◽  
Dr. Sharmina Afrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Retail Business ◽  
Positive Growth ◽  
Employment Generation

Development of women entrepreneurship in the SME sector has a crucial importance in a developing country like Bangladesh where women constitute half of the total population. The majority of them are underprivileged, under nourished, illiterate and poor. Hence, the development of women entrepreneurship has tremendous potentials for transforming the society through socioeconomic empowerment of the women. This potential is remained untapped in Bangladesh because of lower number of women entrepreneurs in business and economic activities. According to the Bangladesh Economic Review 2009, around six percent of the country’s $90 billion economy comes from SMEs, which is also the largest sector in terms of employment generation. But the women entrepreneurs are less than ten percent of the total entrepreneurs of the country. However, in the recent years, women entrepreneurship in small retail businesses of the country has been increasing which is a good sign for the positive growth of the economy.

scholarly journals An Overview of Women Entrepreneurship from Islamic Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 857-866
Author(s):  
Said Muhammad ◽  
Kong Ximei ◽  
Ilyas Sharif ◽  
Zahoor ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Growth ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
Geographic Regions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Different Cultures

Islam has encouraged women to participate in entrepreneurial activities for economic prosperity and social growth. Nevertheless, their participation in economic activities is very lesser than men globally. Previously, the field of entrepreneurship has been regarded as a male dominant sector. Entrepreneurship flourishes due to economic, social, ethical, and environmental factors while the practice of Sharia principles works as a catalyst in this process. Women entrepreneurship helps in alleviating poverty and unemployment that leads to socio-economic prosperity in a country. The motivation of starting women businesses varies in different cultures and geographic regions. Women engagements in different business activities can not only empower them socially and financially but can also share the household economic burden with men. Furthermore, it will also help them to make their decisions independently. Their entrepreneurial income can be used for their children’s education, health, and the betterment of society. They can also use the option of partnership within the family for the financial and social network. The challenges faced by these women entrepreneurs can be handled with their family support. This review provides a general overview of concepts, motives, challenges, and the prospects of women entrepreneurship from an Islamic perspective.

scholarly journals Role of social business in women entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh: perspectives from Nobin Udyokta projects of Grameen Telecom Trust

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhana Ferdousi ◽  
Parveen Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Social Business ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Equity Funds ◽  
To Come

Abstract Social business is a growing phenomenon in the emerging economy due to its appeal toward reducing social problems from the society. Women’s, especially rural women’s, economic activities are mainly confined to the household chores because of the existing patriarchal norms of the society. Social businesses, through providing equity funds, are creating opportunities for the women to pursue entrepreneurial career. This study attempted to analyze the role of social business for developing women entrepreneurship. Primary data were collected from 28 women Nobin Udyokta (new entrepreneurs) and four key informant interviews. The study showed that social business fund plays an important role toward women entrepreneurship development through providing financial (social business fund), human (formal or informal training), and social capital (network) to the women entrepreneurs which is necessary for sustainable entrepreneurship development. Therefore, government and non-government organizations as well as private sectors were suggested to come forward to provide more social business funds and build supportive environment for the women entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING SUCCESS OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
R. Jackulin Ancy
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial Opportunities ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Motivating Factor

Women Entrepreneurship is an important part of social and economic development of a country. Now women have realized their importance in the society and their participation in economic activities is also increasing. The development of the industry depends on the efciency of the women entrepreneur. Since the nature of entrepreneur and the nancial, marketing and other constraints that will restricts the development of the women entrepreneurship, the researcher has carried out the present study. As far as the present study is concerned, the investigator has proposed to collect the data required from the sample population by adopting percentage sampling technique. The researcher has targeted 150 sample respondents from which the percentage of the total in proportion to the number of members and the total targeted respondents. The Kanyakumari district comprises of four taluks and three taluks are selected for eld survey. From each taluk, 50 entrepreneurs are selected as sample. 150 women entrepreneurs are identied as the sample respondents for the study by using convenience random sampling method. The industries are considered as ideal nurseries for the rapid growth and development of women entrepreneurs. The need of the hour is the growth of women entrepreneurs in the country to accelerate the process of economic growth. It is found that 'Career challenge' is the important self-motivating factor inuencing success of women entrepreneurs having a mean score of 3.66 and 'Entrepreneurial opportunities' is the next important selfmotivating factor inuencing success of women entrepreneurs having a mean score of 3.39 and 'Ideas for business ventures' has been ranked at the lowest among the entrepreneurs with the mean score of 2.61.

Christian entrepreneurial activities and micro women entrepreneurship development

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 657-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny Adams Quagrainie ◽  
Abigail Opoku Mensah ◽  
Alex Yaw Adom
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Emergent Strategy ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Church

Purpose Review of literature suggests mixed findings on the relationship between the church and micro women entrepreneurship development. This signals that questions remain about the roles of churches in entrepreneurial development. Thus, this paper aims to explore what entrepreneurial activities are provided by churches to their micro women entrepreneurs and how do these activities influence their entrepreneurial start up and growth. Design/methodology/approach Phenomenological research methodologies were used to purposive collected data from 38 women entrepreneurs and four church administers in Tema. Results were analyzed using the emergent strategy. Findings The results suggest that churches provided four entrepreneurial activities which are categorized as finance, networking, promotion of self-confidence and impartation of ethical values. These factors promoted the growth of women entrepreneurial growth but not the start-up of entrepreneurial ventures. The study concluded that the church should provide more support for new entrepreneurial ventures. Therefore, embeddedness because of membership of a church is a critical part of women entrepreneurship development. Research limitations/implications Further studies will need to replicate these findings with other types of businesses, in other locations. Practical implications This study suggests that policymakers should be working in conjunction with churches in a bid to promote micro women entrepreneurship development. Originality/value Limited research has been conducted on church entrepreneurial activities in the development of micro women entrepreneurs in developing economies such as Ghana. This empirical research provides important insights into this field.

scholarly journals Women Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh- Challenges and Determining Factors

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Afroze ◽  
Md Kashrul Alam ◽  
Eliza Akther ◽  
Nahid Sultana Jui
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sales Promotion ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The aim of this study is to find out the major challenges that hinder smooth operation of women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. It also finds the reasons behind the success of the women entrepreneurship. Both primary and secondary data have been used to conduct the study. The questionnaire included questions about economic problems, family related issues, social constraints and other limitations faced by women entrepreneurs and the reasons behind their success. Women involved in various small and medium enterprises take on the challenge to work in a male-dominated society, competitive and complex economic and business environment. However, the identified challenges are inadequate capital, sales promotion, getting permission to start-up a business, gender discrimination, illiteracy and lack of knowledge among women, non-availability of training program and technical support, lack of managerial experience, in some cases young people make ill talk about the enterprise and so on. Personal qualities such as hard work and perseverance, management skills and marketing skills, support provided by their spouses or family are the main reasons behind the success of the women entrepreneurs. The level of participation of women in mainstream economic activities remains insufficient and the percentage of women in business is still much below than that of their male counterparts.Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka) Vol.9(2) 2014; 27-41

scholarly journals Coastal Nutrition Status of the Country Reviewed from Social Culture and Islamic Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Eliska Eliska ◽  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Petti Sitti Fatimah
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Daily Work

Coastal communities are people who live and carry out socio-economic activities that depend on coastal resources, one of which is fishermen. The cultural identity of coastal communities as a whole is formed from the culture of fishermen who are directly related to the management of coastal and marine resources. Nutritional problems arise not only from health problems but also influenced by social culture and religion. The design of this study uses quantitative research with a Cross Sectional.The sample is the total population selected by the purposive sampling method, which is 71 students from five schools. The instrument in this study used a questionnaire. Techniques and data processing are carried out by using a computer program to present data in the form of frequency and then the results are presented in the table. It is known that there is a relationship between nutritional status and socio-culture in coastal communities because the nutritional status of school-age children is below the threshold of 25.4%, and 12.7% is very thin. This happens because most parents of students have daily work as fishermen so that the lack of income from parents causes children's nutritional intake to decrease, while seen from the cultural tribes of the coastal community there are more Javanese tribes which result in low nutritional status due to lack of variety in food intake.

scholarly journals Women Entrepreneurs and Survival of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Lawal Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Adequate Funding ◽  
Nigerian Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

This research set out to analyze the women entrepreneurs and survival of small–scale enterprises in Nigeria. The objective of this paper is to determine the extent of women entrepreneurs and survival of SSEs in Nigeria. One Hundred and Twenty Eight (128) questionnaires were retrieved for analysis. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regressions. The results revealed that Women entrepreneurs experience and women entrepreneurs’ level of education have significant effect on the survival of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. The study therefore, concluded that an increase in training or improvement in the activities of women entrepreneurship will lead to a significant increase in the maintenance and sustainability of SSEs in Nigeria. This paper recommended that since, women entrepreneurs experience and high level of education led to the survival of SSEs in Nigeria therefore, the Nigerian government should provide an avenue for adequate funding, training on entrepreneurship, provision of infrastructural facilities and enabling environment in order to enhance the women entrepreneurial activities as this would translate to increase in an income generation, provision of employment and reduction of poverty in Nigeria.  Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurs, Small Scale Enterprises, Women Entrepreneurship and Survival.

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