Abstract:
Entrepreneurship has presently employed a prominent residence in the record of
rewarding career opportunities for women. There is an extensive reservoir of human
resource potential that remains untapped in the economy. Many factors influence
women entrepreneurs when they are running their business. This study aims to
identify the factors that influence the success of women entrepreneurs in the Northern
Region. For this study purpose 100 small scale women entrepreneurs identified in the
Northern Region registered in the Industrial Development Board. A convenient
sampling technique was used in this study. Data is entered and analyzed using SPSS
version 20. The present study results indicated that the mean square and F-value of
the Economic factors, Socio-cultural factors, and Family factors significantly
associate with the success of the women entrepreneurs. Further Correlation results
indicated that Economic factors, Socio-cultural factors, and Family Factors are
positively and significantly correlated with the success of women entrepreneurs and
Psychological factors, Enterprise factors and legal factors are positively correlated
but insignificant in this study.
