{"title":"AN ANALYTICAL PURVIEW OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN COTTAGE INDUSTRIES","authors":"A. Anusuya, V. D. Selvi","doi":"10.51767/joc1405","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper is an attempt to throw light on problems faced by women entrepreneurs in Tirunelveli city who are engaged into cottage industry. The study is entirely based on primary data collected through structured interview schedule conducted among eighty women who are running cottage industries. The finding showed that the interrelationship among general problems such as problem of finance, high cost of production, scarcity of raw materials, stiff competition, shortage of power, limited mobility and the interrelationship among specific problems such as male dominated society, lack of education, family ties, low risk bearing ability, social attitude, socio economic constraints, low need for achievement, inadequate infrastructure were the major problems encountered by the women entrepreneurs in cottage industry. The multiple correlation method was used to examine these issues.","PeriodicalId":267407,"journal":{"name":"BSSS Journal of Commerce","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BSSS Journal of Commerce","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.51767/joc1405","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper is an attempt to throw light on problems faced by women entrepreneurs in Tirunelveli city who are engaged into cottage industry. The study is entirely based on primary data collected through structured interview schedule conducted among eighty women who are running cottage industries. The finding showed that the interrelationship among general problems such as problem of finance, high cost of production, scarcity of raw materials, stiff competition, shortage of power, limited mobility and the interrelationship among specific problems such as male dominated society, lack of education, family ties, low risk bearing ability, social attitude, socio economic constraints, low need for achievement, inadequate infrastructure were the major problems encountered by the women entrepreneurs in cottage industry. The multiple correlation method was used to examine these issues.