Entrepreneurial capital, social values and Islamic traditions : exploring the growth of women-owned enterprises in Pakistan/
Roomi, Muhammad Azam
Entrepreneurial capital, social values and Islamic traditions : exploring the growth of women-owned enterprises in Pakistan/ created by Muhammad Azam Roomi - International small business journa Volume 31, number 2 .
his study seeks to explore the variables contributing to the growth of women-owned enterprises in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Based on a previously established multivariate model, it uses two econometric approaches: first classifying variables into predetermined blocks; and second, using the general to specific approach. Statistical analyses and in-depth interviews confirm that women entrepreneurs’ personal resources and social capital have a significant role in their business growth. Further, it reveals that the moral support of immediate family, independent mobility and being allowed to meet with men play a decisive role in the sales and employment growth of women-owned enterprises in an Islamic country such as Pakistan.
02662426
Entrepreneurial capital--Women-owned enterprises--Pakistan--Social values--Islamic traditions
HD2346.167
Entrepreneurial capital, social values and Islamic traditions : exploring the growth of women-owned enterprises in Pakistan/ created by Muhammad Azam Roomi - International small business journa Volume 31, number 2 .
his study seeks to explore the variables contributing to the growth of women-owned enterprises in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Based on a previously established multivariate model, it uses two econometric approaches: first classifying variables into predetermined blocks; and second, using the general to specific approach. Statistical analyses and in-depth interviews confirm that women entrepreneurs’ personal resources and social capital have a significant role in their business growth. Further, it reveals that the moral support of immediate family, independent mobility and being allowed to meet with men play a decisive role in the sales and employment growth of women-owned enterprises in an Islamic country such as Pakistan.
02662426
Entrepreneurial capital--Women-owned enterprises--Pakistan--Social values--Islamic traditions
HD2346.167