http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12674 2026-05-15T12:49:53Z 2026-05-15T12:49:53Z Kumar, C Vinod http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12684 2021-03-08T11:49:29Z 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z

Women Empowerment and MSMEs Perspective in India Kumar, C Vinod The micro, small and medium business sector plays an important role in promoting entrepreneurial talent and the distribution of income and wealth at the local level. It contributes enormously to production, export, job creation and gross domestic product. Women are a catalyst for the country's economic development. In traditional societies, the potential and immense power of women due to their limitations at home has not been recognized and adequately used. As the times change, women come out of these difficult positions to participate in entrepreneurship as their profession. Now the decision makers have recognized the production potential of women and their economic importance, which is reflected in an increase in the gross domestic product. The contribution made by women in the MSMEs sector cannot be ignored. especially in rural areas, where the rural economy has been strengthened through job creation in micro, small and medium-sized units. However, the growth of women's entrepreneurship has been slow due to practical problems and social attitudes. This paper focuses on women's empowerment and the role of the MSMEs perspective in India, and also explores MSMEs growth, barriers to women entrepreneurs and government initiatives for growth and Women empowerment development through entrepreneurship. Finally, suggestions will be specified for obliterating the hindrances and creating better environment for women empowerment through entrepreneurship. Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini

2021-02-25T00:00:00Z Dwivedi, Nivedita T Dwivedi, Amit K http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12683 2021-03-08T11:47:09Z 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z

Understanding Impact of Microcredit on Enterprises Being Run by Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) Dwivedi, Nivedita T; Dwivedi, Amit K Microcredit is defined as minor finances given to lesser earning persons who are away from the conventional banking structure. Microcredit is a portion of the big microfinance institution that provides credit, along with savings, insurance, and additional elementary financial facilities to the poor. Different forms of microcredit services, from ancient time, are found in India e.g. moneylenders, community lending, loans from friends and relatives, traditional informal groups, conventional or specialized banks microcredit etc. The desire and intrinsic competence of poor to get better living standard is intended as the base for concept of ‘microcredit’. After the success of microcredit in Bangladesh, it is recognized as an efficient tool for empowerment of economically deprived section of the society. Generally, the receiver of microcredit is both the urban and rural families, particularly women SHGs. Credit is given for improving standard of living, asset making and revenue-generating activities. Government Departments, Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) independently recognize the beneficiaries. The repayment period is usually small. The distinctive benefits are high rate of repayments of credits and low transaction cost. Lately, microcredit turned into well-known organised livelihood for monetary services especially for the economically weaker section. Microcredit is now established as an unconstrained economic system with numerous variants in MFIs structure. This Study is an attempt to understand the impact of microcredit facility on enterprises being run by SHGs in rural and suburban areas. Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini

2021-02-25T00:00:00Z Ghosh, Rina Chakraborty Pandita, Deepika http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12682 2021-03-08T11:43:30Z 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z

Push-Pull Factors influencing the Entrepreneurial Intent of Women in India Ghosh, Rina Chakraborty; Pandita, Deepika Women Entrepreneurship is considered as dynamic, social and economic phenomenon across the globe and has gained importance in India in the wake of globalisation. Boosting the participation of women in entrepreneurship has caught the attention of all including academicians, government agencies and policy makers especially from the developing economies. This paper is a comprehensive review and endeavors to explore the push-pull factors which affect the entrepreneurial intent of female entrepreneurs in Maharashtra and recommends a framework to industry practitioners, Self- help Groups, policy makers in determining the pull-push factors which will influence the entrepreneurial intention of females and enhance the entrepreneurial competencies of female entrepreneurs who are committed to the growth of their business. Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini

2021-02-25T00:00:00Z Tiwari, Sushma Tiwari, Richa http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12681 2021-03-08T11:39:22Z 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z

Motivational Factors for Women's Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Study Tiwari, Sushma; Tiwari, Richa Motivation is an important research area for academics and also for managers because that affects human performance behavior. In literature, many researchers on motivational factors for entrepreneurs have been developed. In developed economy, entrepreneurs are motivated to start their own business. This study investigates motivational factors which motivated women have to become a successful entrepreneur. Sample size is 70 and the empirical results revealed that most of the selected entrepreneurs perceived the relevance of these factors which motivate the entrepreneurs to the highest degree. The study depend on twelve motivational items and the findings indicated that provide greater comfort to family has been regarded as the most important motives for establishing entrepreneurial projects, while establishing business projects for pleasant work has been considered as one of the least motives, occupying the last position. Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini

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