FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...
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Table 13. Economic factors that affect the performance of women entrepreneurs in MSEs<br />
No. Item<br />
MEAN STANDARD Rank of<br />
1 Economic factors<br />
DEVIATION Severity<br />
1.1 I am satisfied with the financial access given by<br />
micro finances and other credit institutions.<br />
1.93 1.34 2 nd<br />
1.2 I have a better access to market for my products 2.85 1.53 8 th<br />
1.3 A have better access to different business<br />
trainings<br />
2.17 1.24 4 th<br />
1.4 I have my own premises (land) to run my<br />
business<br />
1.92 1.28 1 st<br />
1.5 I have an access to information to exploit<br />
business opportunities<br />
3.69 1.38 10 th<br />
1.6 I have managerial skills 2.58 1.30 7 th<br />
1.7 I have access to necessary technologies 2.18 1.29 5 th<br />
1.8 There is no stiff competition in the market place<br />
that I am engaged in.<br />
2.12 1.14 3 rd<br />
1.9 Adequate infrastructures are available 3.59 1.37 9 th<br />
1.10 I have access to necessary inputs(raw materials) 2.19 1.27 6 th<br />
Grand mean/standard deviation 2.49 0.1<br />
It is discussed in table 12 above that microfinance are the main suppliers of finance for<br />
women entrepreneurs in MSEs. But table 13 shows that women entrepreneurs in MSEs<br />
are not satisfied with the financial access given by micro finances and other lending<br />
institutions. It shows a mean score of 1.93 with a standard deviation of 1.34.Therefore,the<br />
average score of the respondents with regard to satisfactory financial access is ‘disagree’<br />
with little deviations among them.<br />
As the mean score (2.85) and standard deviation (1.53) in the table above show, the<br />
market access of the respondents entrepreneurs is almost undecided. It seems that these<br />
women neither agree nor disagree on the market condition of their products.<br />
Most women entrepreneurs in MSEs acquire their skills for establishing their own<br />
business from formal trainings (See table 11).But as the table above shows, the access for<br />
different business trainings for the women respondents is low with a mean of 2.17and<br />
standard deviation of 1.24.<br />
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