AN INVESTIGATION ON WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR DILEMMAS IN BUSINESS VENTURES

Abstract

This dissertation summarizes the impact of challenges within the scientific discussion on the issue of female entrepreneurship in Malaysia. The basis of the research was a greatly structured method of supposition – the systematization and the theoretical generalizations of scientific developments of the researchers formed the basis for the development of the hypothesis, and empirical studies were aimed at testing this hypothesis, explaining the causal relationships between the variables. The data for this research will be gathered from a sample of 100 respondents. The outcomes of an empirical analysis of the survey data allowed to differentiate three main groups of factors that slow down the development of female entrepreneurship in Malaysia, namely lack of motivational factors, lack of potential enforcement and constraints. The effect of all these factors (independent variables) on the growth of value-added from the business carried out by the female entrepreneurs (dependent variable) was investigated in the article through the practice of statistical analysis. Testing the model for adequacy with t-statistics and p-value showed the significant impact of independent variables on the dependent one, which allows us to consider the proposed hypothesis to be confirmed. The results of the research can be useful for government officials, local authorities and entrepreneurs, not only in Malaysia but also in other developing countries.