JOURNAL OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY

A Critical Study of the Entrepreneurship Development Process among Women

Author(s): Rashmi Singh

Citation: Rashmi Singh, (2012) "A Critical Study of the Entrepreneurship Development Process among Women," Journal of Business Diversity, Vol.12, Iss. 1, pp. 88 - 106

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

In India women entrepreneurship development had come a long way since it was systematically initiated

in 1979. At present, women entrepreneurs comprised about eleven per cent of the total entrepreneurs. It

was expected that 25-30 per cent of the entrepreneurial force in India would be women by 2020. In order

to investigate the entrepreneurship development process, an ‘Ex-post facto’ research design was

formulated. The study was conducted in the National Capital Region of Delhi including Gurgaon

(Haryana) and NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh). Understanding of the total process of entrepreneurship

development among women with the facilitators and inhibitors give us a holistic view of the subject.

Training programmes may be designed to promote entrepreneurship among women. These may include

process and product based courses whereby women may be encouraged to learn knowledge, skills and

abilities to run a business.