Associate Professor in Commerce & Research Guide, Department: Post Graduate and Research Department of Commerce, Institution: St. Peter’s College, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Dist., Kerala- 682 311, India
Online published on 21 August, 2014.
Women perform an important role in building the real backbone of a nation's economy. There is considerable entrepreneurial talent among women. In the closing years of the 21st century, multi- skilled, productive and innovative women entrepreneurs are inextricable for achieving sustained economic growth.
The respondents of the study consist of registered women entrepreneurs of both Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The sample consists of 327 women entrepreneurs from Kerala and 160 from Tamil Nadu. For the purpose of analysis, statistical tools like percentages, rank test, chi-square test and proportion test were used.
The study revealed that the women entrepreneurs in Kerala are highly educated, compared with the women entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu. Most of the women entrepreneurs in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are first generation entrepreneurs and employ fewer than five employees. Most of the women entrepreneurs in Kerala and Tamil Nadu manage their businesses independently and utilised own funds and bank funds for the business. A few in Tamil Nadu have borrowed from money lenders apart from using their own funds.
Women Entrepreneurs, Women headed households, proportion test, Women Enterprise Building, Entrepreneurial Development Programme
