Assessing the success of female hydroponic entrepreneurs in Mauritius

Purpose - An increase in literatures' publication of women entrepreneur is due to an exponential interest of women entrepreneurships from various backgrounds. Women sought entrepreneurship to establish recognition and self-esteem in the society. Although a number of studies were undertaken to e...

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Published inICSB World Conference Proceedings pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Sdeensah, Ramgutty-Wong, A, Padachi, K
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington International Council for Small Business (ICSB) 01.01.2019
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Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Focus groups
Gender
Hydroponics
Literature reviews
Qualitative research
Studies
Success
Women
Women owned businesses
Thousand Oaks California
United States > US
Mauritius
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Summary:Purpose - An increase in literatures' publication of women entrepreneur is due to an exponential interest of women entrepreneurships from various backgrounds. Women sought entrepreneurship to establish recognition and self-esteem in the society. Although a number of studies were undertaken to examine factors that influence women entrepreneurs in the developed world (DeLollis, 1997), a limited number of studies have been undertaken to investigate these factors in Mauritius in the hydroponic sector. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study will be the first that addresses factors that influence the success of women hydroponic entrepreneurs in the Mauritius. While numerous studies have examined women entrepreneurs (Aldrich, 1989; Brush, 1990) most of these studies were conducted in developed and Western cultural spaces. Even though there are some common factors that impact women entrepreneurs in both Western and Middle Eastern countries, it is important to recognize the different countries' "specificities of socio-cultural and political processes and their impact on gender systems" (Metcalfe, 2008, p. 86). As Minniti (2009) mentions, dissimilarities exist across women entrepreneurs in various countries.