Women and Small Apparel Business Ownership:A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Entrepreneurial Experience
- Nancy Hodges (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Kittichai Watchravesringkan (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Jennifer Yurchisin (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Michelle Childs (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Elena Karpova
(Iowa State University)
- Sara B. Marcketti (Iowa State University)
- Jane Hegland (South Dakota State University)
- Ruoh-Nan Yan (Colorado State University)
Abstract
Women-owned small businesses are making increasingly important contributions to the global economy and are developing at a faster pace than those of men (Langowitz & Minniti, 2007). Indeed, it is estimated that women-owned enterprises comprise approximately 30% of the total number of small businesses in most countries (Minniti & Naudé, 2010). Within the entrepreneurship literature, women and small business ownership has primarily been studied from a motivational perspective.
Keywords: entrepreneurship, apparel, small business, women, cross-cultural
How to Cite:
Hodges, N., Watchravesringkan, K., Yurchisin, J., Childs, M., Karpova, E., Marcketti, S. B., Hegland, J. & Yan, R., (2013) “Women and Small Apparel Business Ownership:A Cross-cultural Exploration of the Entrepreneurial Experience”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 70(1).
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