Identification and analysis of the factors that influence the development of female entrepreneurs in the informal sector

Sokabo, Nobenguni B

Title: Identification and analysis of the factors that influence the development of female entrepreneurs in the informal sector
Creator: Sokabo, Nobenguni B
Subject: Women-owned business enterprises -- South Africa
Subject: Small business -- South Africa
Subject: Businesswomen -- South Africa
Subject: Women in development -- South Africa
Date Issued: 2002
Date: 2002
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MBA
Identifier: vital:10907
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/98
Identifier: Women-owned business enterprises -- South Africa
Identifier: Small business -- South Africa
Identifier: Businesswomen -- South Africa
Identifier: Women in development -- South Africa
Description: There is a remarkable increase in the participation of females in business activities due to their involvement in the informal sector. These activities appear to be insignificant and not measurable because they are outside the regulatory framework, but they also absorb multitudes of the unemployable. Notwithstanding the challenges of low levels of education, lack of skills and finance as well as the need to balance reproductive and productive roles, females are under pressure to generate income through trading in small scale businesses that can hardly grow beyond subsistence level. With the meagre earnings from their activities, they ensure the survival of their families. If female entrepreneurs are developed and brought into the economic main stream, they will bring with them their unique survivalist techniques that will contribute towards economic development and growth in the country. This report examines the constraints that affect the development of female entrepreneurs in the informal sector.
Format: ix, 106 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Port Elizabeth Technikon
Publisher: Faculty of Management
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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