Volume : 3, Issue : 1, January - 2014

Problems of Women Entrepreneurs of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Kushalakshi, Dr. A. Raghurama

Abstract :

In the globalised world, women entrepreneurs are playing a vital role and they have become an integral part of the global quest for the sustained economic development and social progress. Entrepreneurship among women is relatively recent phenomenon. Due to the growing industrialization, social legislation, urbanization, political and economic transformations, the emergence of women owned enterprises are fast increasing in the economies of almost all countries. Spread of education and awareness has shifted the position of women from kitchen to higher levels of professional activities. Women entrepreneurship is gaining importance in India. In modern India, more and more women are taking up entrepreneurial activity especially in MSMEs. At the same time women entrepreneurs are faced with many social, economic and family problems too. This paper focuses on the problems faced by women entrepreneurs in the competitive world of business environment.