Competency of Woman Entreprenuer

The 5th Indonesia International Conference on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Small Business (IICIES 2013)  The Comparison of Entrepreneurial Competency in Woman Micro-, Small-, and Medium-scale Entrepreneurs  Verni Y. Ismail  Faculty of Economics, YARSI University, Indonesia Abstract Women entrepreneurs in Indonesia play an important role in running of micro-, small-, and mediumscale enterprises. They have a large role as a driving force to the Indonesian economy in general and especially for improving the welfare of the family. This research aims at seeing comparison of entrepreneurial competencies in woman entrepreneurs as a series of the major characteristics and skills owned in order to become a successful micro-, small- and medium scale entrepreneurs. This research is designed as a survey that is the type of field studies using the instrument such as questionnaires. The data is analyzed using Non-parametric Statistic Method, that is the Mann-Whitney U-Test. The

Entrepreneurial competencies of women entrepreneurs pursuing business growth  Siwan Mitchelmore  Bangor Business School, Bangor University, Bangor, UK, and  Jennifer Rowley  Department of Information and Communications, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK Abstract Purpose – Entrepreneurial competencies have an impact on firm performance and growth. The purpose of this paper is to report empirical research into the entrepreneurial competencies reported by female entrepreneurs who are committed to the growth of their business. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire-based survey of female entrepreneurs in England and Wales was conducted. The core of the questionnaire was a list of entrepreneurial competencies compiled from previous theoretical and empirical frameworks, coupled with Likert scales through which the entrepreneurs were invited to rate their ability in relation to each competency. PCA was conducted in order to identify clusters of compete

Entrepreneurial Competencies of Women Entrepreneurs Pursuing Business Growth Abstract Purpose – Entrepreneurial competencies have an impact on firm performance and growth. This article reports empirical research into the entrepreneurial competencies reported by female entrepreneurs who are committed to the growth of their business.  Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire based survey of female entrepreneurs in England and Wales was conducted. The core of the questionnaire was a list of entrepreneurial competencies compiled from previous theoretical and empirical frameworks, coupled with Likert scales through which the entrepreneurs were invited to rate their ability in relation to each competency. PCA was conducted in order to identify clusters of competencies, and to identify the competencies that loaded onto those clusters.  Findings – Four main clusters of competencies were identified: Personal & Relationship, Business & Management, Entrepreneurial, and H