A STUDY ON PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WAYANAD DISTRICT OF KERALA STATE
Women Entrepreneurs are inspiring. An entrepreneur is someone that organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business enterprise. Today, more women are breaking free from the traditional, gender-specific roles and venturing into the business world. Not only are they holding high corporate positions but they are also successful women entrepreneurs .The steady rise in female entrepreneurs can be due to many different reasons, most of which share the same rational as their male counterparts—passion for their ideas, the desire to become their own boss, and the need to address philanthropic causes. The educated Indian women have to go a long way to achieve equal rights and position because traditions are deep rooted in Indian society where the sociological set up has been a male dominated one. Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women stand tall from the rest of the crowd and are applauded for their achievements in their respective field. The transformation of social fabric of the Indian society, in terms of increased educational status of women and varied aspirations for better living, necessitated a change in the life style of Indian women. She has competed with man and successfully stood up with him in every walk of life and business is no exception for this. These women leaders are assertive, persuasive and willing to take risks. They managed to survive and succeed in this cut throat competition with their hard work, diligence and perseverance. Women have been successful in breaking their confinement within the limits of their homes by entering into varied kinds of professionals and services women entrepreneurs have proved to be on par with their men counterparts in business acumen and are emerging as smart and dynamic entrepreneurs. Women owned businesses are highly increasing in the economies of almost all countries.
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: A NEW FACE OF INDIA
Women constitute a family which leads to a society and nation. Social and economic development of women is necessary for overall development of an economy or a society. In every woman, there is a sense of entrepreneurship, the need is only to capitalize it in a right way. Today there are many thrust areas where women can excel their skills with maintaining balance in their lives. Women entrepreneurs have become an eminent part of human resource. Any development strategy without involving women remains in complete and unbalanced as women have made a great contribution in country’s upliftment. In this dynamic world, women are essential for sustained economic development and social progress. But some loopholes are still there which prevent the growth of budding entrepreneurs. They are keeping away from their rights and traits. Though our government has done a lot of work in this regard but there is a long way yet to go. This paper talks about the hurdles in the path of women entrepreneurs and initiatives taken by government to facilitate women entrepreneurs. In the end, some suggested measures are also stated for the healthy growth of them.
Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms: An Exploratory Study of the Dyestuffs Industry in Ahmedabad
The paper attempts to understand the entrepreneur's role in the growth of firms by comparircg the performance of high and low growth (small-scale) firms in the dyestuffs industry in Ahmedabad. The paper observes that the factors usually associated with the making of entrepreneurial personality in India, such as family occupation, economic background and educational experience may facilitate the entrepreneur's entry into business; they do not ensure growth. It is the General Enterprise Tendency which matters. The author finds a close association between the managerial capabilities of the entrepreneur and growth of firms, and argues that until the enterprise expands beyond a level, the owner-manager has to combine both entrepreneurial and managerial roles.