Women Entrepreneurs - Critical Issues: A Few Case Studies

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been acknowledged to be one of the essential factors determining the growth of industry of any country. Many studies and evidences show that Entrepreneurship development and economic development are very closely inter-related. Women of today are in several ways different from the women of yester years. During the present times they seek social and economic independence and are prepared to take risk for the same. Women entrepreneurs are divided into three categories: 1. The first group consist of women with educational and professional qualification who takes the initiative and manage the business as well as man do. Women entrepreneurs who have the basic managerial training and educational qualification go for the medium and large scale units. 2. The second group consists of those women entrepreneurs who do not have education or any formal training in management but have developed practical skills required for the small scale sector choose that product with which they are familiar. For example garments, dolls, handicraft items etc. 3. The third group of women entrepreneurs work in cities and slums to help women with lower means of livelihood. The need Government support in marketing as well as in getting finance at concessional rates. The growth of women entrepreneurship is haunted by a number of difficulties, snags and problems. They face stiff competition from male entrepreneurs. More or less majority of women entrepreneurs face similar kind of problem. The present paper deals with the problem of women entrepreneur in India. In this study we have taken 15 case studies.