COMPREHENDING THE COGNITIVE AND SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTIONS OF WOMEN IN INDIA : a gem data based approach.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: BHAVISHA P SHETH
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: NEW YORK : NOVA SCIENCE, 2021.
Series:Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship Ser.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Policy Recommendations and Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1
  • Background
  • 1.1. Sustainable Development Goals and Women Entrepreneurship
  • 1.2. Women's Participation in Workforce: Gender Gap and Informality
  • 1.3. Global Efforts of Measuring Women Entrepreneurship
  • 1.3.1. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
  • 1.3.1.1. Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA)
  • 1.3.2. GEDI-Female Entrepreneurship Index (Terjesen, and Lloyd, 2015)
  • 1.3.3. Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE)
  • 1.3.4. OECD Gender Initiative- Gender Equality in Public Life
  • 1.3.5. The Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders' Scorecard (Aidis et al. 2015)
  • 1.3.6. World Bank: Women, Business and Law: A Decade of Reform (Women, Business and Law 2019: A Decade of Reform)
  • 1.3.7. United Nations-Evidence and Data for Gender Equality
  • 1.4. Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 2
  • Review of Literature
  • 2.1. Global Perspectives of Women Entrepreneurship
  • 2.2. Contextual Relevance to Participation of Women in Entrepreneurship
  • 2.2.1. Policy Perspectives of Female Entrepreneurship
  • 2.2.2. Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Female Entrepreneurship
  • 2.2.3. Economic Perspectives of Female Entrepreneurship
  • 2.3. Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 3
  • Women Entrepreneurship in India
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Policy Support for Women Entrepreneurship Development in India
  • 3.3. Institutional Support for Women Entrepreneurship in India
  • 3.3.1. Women Entrepreneur Associations
  • 3.3.1.1. Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs of India (CWEI)
  • 3.3.1.2. Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs (FIWE)
  • 3.3.1.3. Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO)
  • 3.3.1.4. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
  • 3.3.1.5. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation (MSME-DO)
  • 3.3.1.6. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
  • 3.3.1.7. International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD)
  • 3.3.1.8. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
  • 3.4. Women in entrepreneurship in India: Facts and Figures
  • 3.5. Indian Women Entrepreneurs: Participation in Formal vs. Informal Sector
  • Business Sectors of Choice
  • 3.6. Roadblocks to Women Entrepreneurship in India
  • 3.6.1. Intentional or Unintentional Gender Bias
  • 3.6.2. Access to Finance
  • 3.6.3. Access to Markets and Networking
  • 3.6.4. Family Support and Child Care
  • 3.6.5. Female Safety in Workplace
  • 3.7. Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 4
  • Research Methodology
  • 4.1. Study Objectives
  • 4.2. Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis Development
  • 4.2.1. Cognitive Factors
  • 4.2.1.1. Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition