Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector

Entrepreneurs contribute to economic development regarding innovation, job creation and income generation. It is also effectively recognized as a fundamental part of economic development and vital in lifting countries from poverty. Women entrepreneurs organize and manage an organization, particularl...

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Main Authors: Sazzad Hossain, Md Shamaun Islam, Susmita Kundu, Omar Faruq, Md. Alomgir Hossen
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Published: Academic Research and Publishing UG (i. G.) 2023-03-01
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Md Shamaun Islam
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Omar Faruq
Md. Alomgir Hossen
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description Entrepreneurs contribute to economic development regarding innovation, job creation and income generation. It is also effectively recognized as a fundamental part of economic development and vital in lifting countries from poverty. Women entrepreneurs organize and manage an organization, particularly a business. Women's entrepreneurship has consistently expanded worldwide during the 20th and 21st centuries. Bangladesh will have a big number of young women and productive workers after the COVID-19 epidemic, allowing them to engage in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. Women entrepreneurs can help in the elimination of hunger, the reduction of inequities, and the improvement of children's nutrition, health, and school attendance. Also, it has been acknowledged as an important source of economic growth since it creates new jobs and provides society with various solutions to managerial, organizational, and business challenges. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to determine the impact of technological factors, parental support factors, municipal factors, knowledge and skills factors, psychological factors, and financial factors on women's engagement in innovative business development in the context of Bangladesh's SME sector in the post COVID-19 pandemic. This study included both statistical and discussion of the data. Data was collected from over 300 real Bangladeshi ladies using an online purposive sampling approach. To test hypotheses, the data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, collinearity statistics, and other regression analyses. As per study's results, most variables, including administrative, scientific, and familial cooperation, knowledge and skills, psychological, and financial component, has both advantages statistically impressive relationship with women's involvement in the context of the SME area in Bangladesh in the post COVID-19 pandemic. In the post COVID-19 pandemic, everyone from every sector will use the findings to encourage women's participation in entrepreneurial activities in the context of the SME division in Bangladesh.
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spelling doaj-art-1ca6a535867f4d2da50b7b2ebe3248142025-08-20T03:06:31ZengAcademic Research and Publishing UG (i. G.)Health Economics and Management Review2786-46262786-46342023-03-014111010.61093/hem.2023.1-01Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs SectorSazzad Hossain0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-8774Md Shamaun Islam1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1348-9258Susmita Kundu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-601XOmar Faruq3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-2753Md. Alomgir Hossen4https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2540-5243Department of Business Administration, Southern University Bangladesh, BangladeshSchool of Economics and Management, Management Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, ChinaDepartment of Business Administration, Monirampur College, National University, BangladeshInnovation and Entrepreneurship, Saic Institute of Management and Technology, BangladeshLecturer, Department of Business Administration, Trust University, BarishalEntrepreneurs contribute to economic development regarding innovation, job creation and income generation. It is also effectively recognized as a fundamental part of economic development and vital in lifting countries from poverty. Women entrepreneurs organize and manage an organization, particularly a business. Women's entrepreneurship has consistently expanded worldwide during the 20th and 21st centuries. Bangladesh will have a big number of young women and productive workers after the COVID-19 epidemic, allowing them to engage in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. Women entrepreneurs can help in the elimination of hunger, the reduction of inequities, and the improvement of children's nutrition, health, and school attendance. Also, it has been acknowledged as an important source of economic growth since it creates new jobs and provides society with various solutions to managerial, organizational, and business challenges. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to determine the impact of technological factors, parental support factors, municipal factors, knowledge and skills factors, psychological factors, and financial factors on women's engagement in innovative business development in the context of Bangladesh's SME sector in the post COVID-19 pandemic. This study included both statistical and discussion of the data. Data was collected from over 300 real Bangladeshi ladies using an online purposive sampling approach. To test hypotheses, the data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, collinearity statistics, and other regression analyses. As per study's results, most variables, including administrative, scientific, and familial cooperation, knowledge and skills, psychological, and financial component, has both advantages statistically impressive relationship with women's involvement in the context of the SME area in Bangladesh in the post COVID-19 pandemic. In the post COVID-19 pandemic, everyone from every sector will use the findings to encourage women's participation in entrepreneurial activities in the context of the SME division in Bangladesh.https://armgpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hem_1_1_Alomgir-Hossen-3.pdfpost covid-19 pandemicentrepreneurwomen participationsmall and medium enterprises sectorbangladesh
spellingShingle Sazzad Hossain
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Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
Health Economics and Management Review
post covid-19 pandemic
entrepreneur
women participation
small and medium enterprises sector
bangladesh
title Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
title_full Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
title_fullStr Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
title_full_unstemmed Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
title_short Women Participation in Entrepreneurial Activities in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence from SMEs Sector
title_sort women participation in entrepreneurial activities in the post covid 19 pandemic empirical evidence from smes sector
topic post covid-19 pandemic
entrepreneur
women participation
small and medium enterprises sector
bangladesh
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