TY  - SER
AU  - Ghosh, Srabani
TI  - Women Entrepreneurs in the Manufacturing Industries of West
PY  - 2013///
KW  - West Bengal
KW  - Manufacturing Industries
KW  - Women Entrepreneurs
KW  - Women Entrepreneurship
KW  - Microentrepreneurship
KW  - Women
KW  - Women And Microentrepreneurship
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Tenth Biennial Conference On Entrepreneu
KW  - Biennial Conference Papers
N2  - In 2010-11, a survey was conducted amongst 171 individual women entrepreneurs registered with four District Industries Centres of West Bengal namely, Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24-Parganas. The survey, therefore, focused on  urban and semi-urban areas in general and particularly, on the manufacturing sector. The objective was to understand the status of women entrepreneurs operating in the manufacturing sector of the aforementioned districts. This paper is based on the findings of the survey. The survey observed certain trends prevalent in the manufacturing sector in these areas. 91%of those surveyed were registered as single proprietorships. Most of those surveyed were essentially artisans making handicrafts, supplying exclusive sarees to boutiques and other shops, stitching dress materials, etc. Their products would often be sold through government sponsored  fairs, but most would not be able to earn a significant income compared to the time and labour put in. Of course, there were exceptions in the form of second-generation entrepreneurs from well established business families, and entrepreneurs with better education and professional skills operating in the industrial
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