Abstract
Women entrepreneur are those women who think of a business enterprise, initiate it organize and combine the factors of production, operate the enterprise, undertake risk and handle economic uncertainties involved in running a business enterprise. Women entrepreneurship has been recognized as an important source of economic growth. Women entrepreneurs create new jobs for themselves and others and also provide society with different solutions to management, organization and business problems. However, they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs often face gender-based barriers to starting and growing their businesses, like discriminatory property, matrimonial and inheritance laws and/or cultural practices; lack of access to formal finance mechanisms; limited mobility and access to information and networks, etc.
Introduction
Women entrepreneurship is the process in which women initiate a business, gather all resources, undertake risks, face challenges, provides employment to others and manages the business independently. Approximately 1/3rd of the entrepreneurs in the world are women entrepreneurs. According to definition given by Government of India – “A women entrepreneur is defined as an enterprise owned and controlled by woman having a minimum financial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% employment generated to women” Women Entrepreneurship refers to business or organization started by a woman or group of women. There has been a change in role of women due to growth in education, urbanization, industrialization and awareness of democratic values.
Conclusion
women entrepreneur are those women who think of a business enterprise, initiate it organize and combine the factors of production, operate the enterprise, undertake risk and handle economic uncertainties involved in running a business enterprise. Women entrepreneurs tend to be more successful because of their trusted status in the community, Controlling for firm characteristics, research suggests that women-owned firms outperform those owned by male counterparts. Thus, it can be asserted that women entrepreneurs can perform better, both in urban and rural areas, given that the government provides them financial support by including them under the registered sector.
Copyright
Copyright © 2025 Dr. Jeetendra Talreja. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.