WOMEN ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY BASED ON TOURISM INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA: ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT

This study aims to explore the role and impact of women entrepreneurs' networks on small business performance and examine the importance of factors that are perceived by women entrepreneurs to influence the process of networking. The focus of the study is in the field of networking of entrepren...

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Main Author: Surangi, H A K N S
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Area planning & development
Business communications
Business networking
Developing countries
Economic development
Economic growth
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Impact analysis
LDCs
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Small business
Studies
Tourism
Women owned businesses
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Summary:This study aims to explore the role and impact of women entrepreneurs' networks on small business performance and examine the importance of factors that are perceived by women entrepreneurs to influence the process of networking. The focus of the study is in the field of networking of entrepreneurs and it is concerned with the main theoretical and practical perspectives of entrepreneurial networking. While women's entrepreneurship is a central aspect of economic development and a public policy concern in most countries, scholarly research about their entrepreneurial activities is comparatively scarce. This study specifically focuses on women entrepreneurs who engage in the tourism industry within the small business sector in Sri Lanka. This study adds to the extant literature through its two-dimensional focus on entrepreneurial networking. The structural dimension, which investigates who are parts of the entrepreneurial networks, and the relational side, which explores the contributions each tie brings to the entrepreneurial venture.
ISSN:1849-6903
1849-6903