RURAL WOMEN AS AN ENTREPRENUER IN SMALL AND
MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) BUSINESS
A CASE STUDY OF SINDH PROVINCE
FAIZ MUHAMMAD SHAIKH
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SZABAC-DOKRI
LARKANA-SINDH-PAKISTAN
EMAIL:FAIZANMY2000@HOTMAIL.COM
TEL:92-71-5616959
CELL NUMBER-923133113244
DR. AMIR HUSSAIN SHAR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SALU-KHAIRPUR
NAZIR AHMED GOPANG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
IBA-UNIVERSITY OF SINDH-JAMSHORO
Objectives
 The main objective of this research work to identify
the challenges of women entrepreneurs in SMEs
business
 To find out the main causes and hindrance faced by
the women entrepreneur.
 To identify the main issues like Kao-kari and women
 Violence against Women and SMEs business
INTRODUCTION
 Women Entrepreneur
 Culture
 Values
 SMEs Business
 Head of household
 SMEs produts
 Marketing
 Wage Rate
Continue
 Business Growth
 SMEs Business Environment
 Innovation
 Market oriented design
 Developing Countries Policies for, Women as
Entrepreneurship Business
 Entrepreneur business Development in Turkey and
Modalities of Intervention as was the practice of
most countries; Turkey also practiced a state
directed economy from its inception 1923. Hoping to
achieve rapid industrialization it followed import
substitution policy and relied on State Economic
Enterprises, because it was the common belief that
economic growth depended on heavy investment in
large, capital-intensive industrial projects.
Literature Review
 (Allan Gibbs). It is a worldwide phenomenon that
Small Enterprises are an important part of a nation's
economic and social structure. "Enterprise is the
antithesis of command and control.
 The entrepreneurs who drive them are receiving
serious attention from economists, planners,
multilateral agencies and governments all over the
world( Carter, Camille. 1999).
 F.M.Shaikh et al 2010
 Dr.Nadeem Bhatti, 2009
 A sampling of earlier studies includes Heckman 1974; Robin &
Spigelman 1978; Stolzenberg & Waite 1984; Leibowitz, Waite,
& Witsberger 1987; Berger & Black 1991; Blau & Robins 1988,
1989, 1991a, 1991b; Connelly 1992; Hofferth and Wissoker
1992; Leibowitz, Klerman, & Waite 1992; and Ribar 1992,
1995; Michapolos, Robins, & Garfinkel 1992; Kimmel 1993,
Averett et.al 1997; Powell 1997; and Anderson & Levine 1999.
The more recent research includes Han& Waldfogel 2001;
Baum II 2002, Oishi 2002; Doiron & Kalb 2005; Viitanen
2005; Kimmel & Powell 2006; and Lockshin & Fong 2006.
For our econometric analysis, we employ the model by
Connelly (1992) in which the decision of a woman to
participate in the SMEs business is modeled as the outcome of
maximizing her utility over goods.
DATA COLLECTION METHOOLOGY
 Data were collected from 300 women at the working
in SMEs Business age of 15-65 years old, a number of
250 or 86.2 percent are working by using simple
random technique. A structured questionnaire was
developed as a instrument. Almost 30 percent of
the respondents have at least one child at the age of
less than 6 years old.
Analysis of Women’s as an Entrepreneur
in SMEs Business

 Economic theory indicates that family decisions
regarding labor supply, child care quality, birthrates,
and other relevant factors are likely to be affected by
the SMEs Business growth in Pakistan. A number of
researchers have attempted to estimate the
behavioral effects on various family decisions (i.e.:
the women’s decision to participate in the SMEs
business) of changes in income, wage rates, and the
price of finished products.
Variables n=300
Location
Age-Manimum-18
Maximium-50
Race
Table-2. Summary Statistics
Frequencies
Jacobabad
100
Kashmore
100
Shikarpur
40
Larkana
60
19-30
150
31-50
150
Sindhi
Balouch
Punjabi
200
50
30
Percent
33.33
33.33
13.33
20
50
50
66.66
16.66
10
Table-2
Education
Primary
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
Male
17%
20%
33%
37%
Female
1%
2%
17%
20%
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
12%
11%
22%
28%
0.5%
1%
14%
16%
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
6%
5%
10%
16%
.33
.4
11%
13%
Secondary
University/Graduate
Table-3. Housing Status
Housing
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
Own
Rental
90%
93%
80%
75%
10%
7%
20%
25%
Survey-2010
Working Status
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
Table-4.Working Status
Government Job SMEs Business
30%
10%
24%
30%
20%
30%
10%
20%
Unemployed
50%
60%
66%
50%
Table-5. Monthly Income from SMEs Business
Monthly Income
SMEs Business
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Shikarpur
Larkana
Survey-2010
Rs.20,000/per
family
Rs.20,000/per
family
Rs.30,000/per
family
Rs.30,000/per
family
CONCLUSION
 Women Entrepreneur
 SMEs Business
 Business Environment
 Globalization
 Increased rate of women entrepreneur
Recommendation
 Trainings
 Marketing facilities
 Innovation
 Government policies
 SAMEDA role
The
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