Study of Barriers to Women's Entrepreneurship Development among Iranian Women (Case Entrepreneur Women)
In this research, effort was made to identify and
evaluate barriers to the development of entrepreneurship among
Iranian entrepreneur women who were graduated from universities.
In this study, perspectives of thirty-seven available entrepreneur
women were examined. In order to prepare questionnaires and
receive knowledge about barriers among these women, seven cases of
entrepreneur women took part in in-depth interviews. Then, to
evaluate the importance of barriers, the researchers made a
questionnaire with closed questions in which the barriers were
classified into the following categories: personal-familial barriers;
socio-cultural barriers; economic-financial-commercial barriers; and
structural barriers. Entrepreneur women were requested to rate the
importance of each item. The results indicated that there were
different obstacles among entrepreneur women. The order of the
important barriers was as fallow: economic-financial-commercial,
structural, socio-cultural, and personal-familial.
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[2] F. Latifi, "Activism," www.koneshgaran.org, 2006.
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East and North Africa: Billions of dollars investment to small
companies," Rouzname Sarmaye, No. 592, 2007.
[4] F. Saber, "Strategies to women's entrepreneurship development in
Iran,". MSc thesis. Industrial Management Organization, 2000.
[5] F. AuliPoor, "The role of entrepreneurship in employment of university
graduates women," www.kar-afarini.com, 2002.
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entrepreneurship", Women-s Studies, No. 1, pp. 101 -123, 2005.
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entrepreneurship; Influence of gender inequality on women
entrepreneurship in Iran," Journal of Sociology, vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 161-
178, 2004.
[8] P. Golrad, "Attributes, motives and goals to encourage women to start
business," Quarterly Journal of Business, No. 44, pp. 267-295, 2007.
[1] Z. Arasty, "Entrepreneurship development among women and girls"
www.eshteghal.ir, 2006.
[2] F. Latifi, "Activism," www.koneshgaran.org, 2006.
[3] M.A. Azari Nia, "Status of Entrepreneur Women in the Middle
East and North Africa: Billions of dollars investment to small
companies," Rouzname Sarmaye, No. 592, 2007.
[4] F. Saber, "Strategies to women's entrepreneurship development in
Iran,". MSc thesis. Industrial Management Organization, 2000.
[5] F. AuliPoor, "The role of entrepreneurship in employment of university
graduates women," www.kar-afarini.com, 2002.
[6] P. Golrad, "Factors affecting the development of women's
entrepreneurship", Women-s Studies, No. 1, pp. 101 -123, 2005.
[7] F. Javaheri and S. Ghozati (2004). "Barriers to women's
entrepreneurship; Influence of gender inequality on women
entrepreneurship in Iran," Journal of Sociology, vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 161-
178, 2004.
[8] P. Golrad, "Attributes, motives and goals to encourage women to start
business," Quarterly Journal of Business, No. 44, pp. 267-295, 2007.
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evaluate barriers to the development of entrepreneurship among
Iranian entrepreneur women who were graduated from universities.
In this study, perspectives of thirty-seven available entrepreneur
women were examined. In order to prepare questionnaires and
receive knowledge about barriers among these women, seven cases of
entrepreneur women took part in in-depth interviews. Then, to
evaluate the importance of barriers, the researchers made a
questionnaire with closed questions in which the barriers were
classified into the following categories: personal-familial barriers;
socio-cultural barriers; economic-financial-commercial barriers; and
structural barriers. Entrepreneur women were requested to rate the
importance of each item. The results indicated that there were
different obstacles among entrepreneur women. The order of the
important barriers was as fallow: economic-financial-commercial,
structural, socio-cultural, and personal-familial.", keywords = "Barriers to Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur Women", volume = "5", number = "12", pages = "1772-5", }