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Contributing factors of women entrepreneurs' business growth and failure in Pakistan

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  • Shaista Noor
  • Filzah Md. Isa

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Women entrepreneurship is considered as a leading building block of economy as it plays an important role in job creation, self-development and pay back as economic progress of country. Pakistan being a developing country is in initial phase of entrepreneurship and female participation in economic activities is low. A report by the Global Economy (2016) stated that women's economic participation and opportunities in Pakistan ranked 143 out of 144. A qualitative study was conducted in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and 25 female entrepreneurs were interviewed. The findings revealed that complex governmental policies and financial institutions procedures are the main reason of their failure to achieve their entrepreneurial objectives. The main obstacles faced by women entrepreneurs are lack of confidence, less education, market awareness, dual role, low bargaining abilities and mobility constraints. The study will be useful for policy makers to formulate the policies and strategies in order to promote women entrepreneurship.

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  • Shaista Noor & Filzah Md. Isa, 2020. "Contributing factors of women entrepreneurs' business growth and failure in Pakistan," International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 25(4), pages 503-518.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:25:y:2020:i:4:p:503-518
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    1. Saima Mujeed & Shuangyan Li & Musarrat Jabeen & Abdelmohsen A. Nassani & Sameh E. Askar & Khalid Zaman & Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro & Sriyanto & Hanifah Jambari, 2021. "Technowomen: Women’s Autonomy and Its Impact on Environmental Quality," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-22, February.
    2. Isa, Filzah Md & Muhammad, Nik Maheran Nik & Ahmad, Azizah & Noor, Shaista & Institute of Research, Asian, 2021. "Effect of ICT on Women Entrepreneur Business Performance: Case of Malaysia," OSF Preprints yqkxf, Center for Open Science.
    3. Yangjie Huang & Jiali Zhang & Ying Xu & Shuanglei Sun & Yajing Bu & Sihui Li & Yingying Chen, 2024. "College students’ entrepreneurship policy, regional entrepreneurship spirit, and entrepreneurial decision-making," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    4. Tahira Iram & Ahmad Raza Bilal & Zeshan Ahmad & Shahid Latif, 2023. "Does Financial Mindfulness Make a Difference? A Nexus of Financial Literacy and Behavioural Biases in Women Entrepreneurs," IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, , vol. 12(1), pages 7-21, January.

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