The Woman Entrepreneur

Paper Summary:

The research study focuses on the experiences and challenges faced by women who start their own business. The paper reviews the steps that must be taken in a new business start-up and looks at several case studies which shed light on the factors that contribute to both success and failure in new business start-ups. The paper reveals that women have problems with obtaining adequate financing and concludes that there is a great need for longitudinal research in this subject area.

Outline:
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
Chapter 3: Research Questions
Chapter 4: Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 5: Recommendations of the Study

From the Paper:

"In the United States today women constitute over 51 percent of the population and 47 percent of the labor force. Furthermore, women-owned firms accounted for 6.5 percent of the overall employment in U.S. companies in 2002 and as well "...accounted for 4.2 percent of total receipts." (Women in Business: A Demographic Review of Women's Business Ownership, 2004) Additionally related is that approximately one in four families are "headed by a single mother caring for her own children younger than 18" years of age. (Ibid) During the years 1997 through 2002, "the numbers of women-owned firms overall increased by 19.8 percent and women-owned employer firms, by 8.3 percent." (Ibid) More businesses are owned by women of a minority race than by white women in the United States."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ozar, Semsa (2002) Barriers to Women's Micro and Small-Enterprise Success in Turkey. International Policy Fellow, 2002. Center for Policy Studies, Central European University and Open Society Institute. Bogazici University, Department of Economics (2002) September. Online available at: http://www.policy.hu/ozar/finalresearch.html.
• Chapter 4: Impediments for Women Entrepreneurship Development (nd) http://www.unescap.org/tid/publication/indpub2401_chap4.pdf
• Empowering Homemakers to Become Homepreneurs: eHomemakers Malaysia (2006) CEMCA Newsletter April 2006. http://devplan.kzntl.gov.za/ASALGP/Resources/Documents/ASALGPhandbooks/PDF/HB4-Case-studies.pdf.
• Akram, Shehla (1999) Funds are a Major Issue for Women Entrepreneurs, Daily Times, 30 December 1999. Online available: http:www.dailytimes.com.
• Lucas, Leyland M. (2005) Not Just Domestic Engineers: An Exploratory Study of Homemaker Entrepreneurs" Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Jan 2005. Online available at: http://www.allbusiness.com/management/362629-3.html

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