Title: Contributing and constraining factors faced by women entrepreneurs in the informal sector: a study of Mumbai Metropolitan

Authors: Sujata Mukherjee

Addresses: School of Business Management, SVKM's NMIMS, V.L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai 400056, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: Women, especially poor women in urban areas, tend to be concentrated in various jobs and activities in the informal sector. Majority of the women seek employment out of economic necessity, but of these a large number are unable to find employment because of various reasons. This study aimed at identifying factors contributing and inhibiting entrepreneurship in Mumbai City of India. Influencing factors also stated in literature as 'contributing' factors are those motives that draw individuals to change either in their work or personal space. Inhibiting factors are those factors which hinders or impede an individual for achieving what one wants to do. These factors generally have a negative impact.

Keywords: India; entrepreneurship; contributing factors; constraints; Mumbai; women entrepreneurs; informal sector; shadow economy; female entrepreneurs; gender; poverty; urban areas; cities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2016.076642

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2016 Vol.28 No.2/3, pp.290 - 309

Received: 30 Apr 2015
Accepted: 02 Jun 2015
Published online: 18 May 2016 *

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