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LdV Partnership Women Entrepreneurs and Mother

Unio de Freguesias de

Gondomar (So Cosme),

Valbom e Jovim DIA-SPORT Association


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Sources

There isntan exhaustive national research on this issue

We studied and compiled different studies and other

documents developed in the last three years

Most of them are qualitative researches based onquestionnaires applied to different target groups (women

in general, entrepreneurs in general, women

entrepreneur etc.)


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Samples IThe studied documents totalized 1089 subjects the sample being

as a randomly chosen sample with the following characteristics:

Type of legally organized enterprises started by the interviewed persons

90.81% limited liability companies,

4.08% joint stock companies

5.11% other types of enterprises.

64.28% of the interviewed women entrepreneurs stated that they also are the

manager of the enterprise that they have started.

86.73% of all the answers received belong to women with ages between 26

and 45, which indicate the fact that women run businesses at the middle age.

Young women under 26 and those over 55 are only in a very small amount the

entrepreneurs or their own business.

Most of the women entrepreneurs 60.20% are of age 36 to 45.


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Samples II

Profiles of the companies (according to CAEN code which classifies

national economic activities in Romania)

53.06% - trade

11.22% - industry and energy

7.14% - hotels and restaurants

5.10% - constructions

Regional distribution

N-E Region - 11.22 %

S-E Region - 12.24 %

South-Muntenia Region - 9.18 %

S-V Oltenia Region - 6.12 %

4.08% - transports and telecommunications

3.06% - agriculture

16.34% - other types of services

V Region - 13.26 %

N-V Region - 12.24 %

Central region - 11.22 %

Bucuresti Ilfov Region - 24.52 %


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Topics

The motivation, advantages, family situation anddiscrimination against women entrepreneurs

Difficulties met by women entrepreneurs

when starting their businesses;

The need of entrepreneurial

training.


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Social factors I

Motivation of starting an enterpriseThe need of extra income - 35.71%

The need of gaining higher independence - 28.57%

Alternative against unemployment - 22.44%

Positive entrepreneurial examples - 7.14%

Expertise in a certain domain - 5.10%

Keeping a family tradition - 1.04%

Conclusions:

women start an affair not necessarily because of their experience/talent in

running a business, but sometimes by the need of material compensation

and independence.

this is actually the incipient stage of the entrepreneurial culture and the

motivation structure meets this statement.


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Shortcomings of entrepreneurial

careers

men vs. women


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Entrepreneurs key abilities

men vs. women


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Social factors II

The advantages that women think entrepreneurial activity brings -the hierarchy resulted from statistical processing women subjects:

consciousness,

dynamism,

intelligence

Moreover, a good entrepreneurship requires discipline, organized

work and capacity of adaptability to social changes

The education of women entrepreneurs

University degree - 65.3%

36.73% in economics

3.06% in management

13.26% engineers

12.26% other types of studies

responsibility,

tenacity,

intuition.


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Discrimination against women

entrepreneurs when doing businessit often depends on the domain of activity where the

business is developed

most of the discrimination cases that women entrepreneursdeal with are to be found in the industry sectors

Second place is occupied by the constructions sector

3rdplace comes the transport and telecommunications

4th

place we find the hotel and restaurant sector.the smallest number of discrimination cases is to be found in

the agriculture sector


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Difficulties those women

entrepreneurs have to deal with

at the initiation of the business (the reason why women have to deal withthese difficulties is because they usually start businesses in the production field or inthe service field of the retail trade, fields that imply a lot of difficulties and problems)

Lack of training in the business - 29.59 %

Getting the credits - 27.55 %

Lack of experience in the financial planning - 20.42 %

Lack of the guaranties - 21.42 %

Lack of guidance and consultancy - 1.02 %

during the business

Lack of experience in the financial planning - 27.55 %Influence over the personnel relation- 24.48 %

Getting the credits - 25.51 %

Lack of the guaranties 12.24 %

Lack of guidance in business - 10.22 %


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Common and gender

barriers to business

Common barriers Gender barriers

Financial difficulties

Difficulties in finding proper

contacts for businessLack of

information/consultancy

Lack of modern technology

Less qualified personnel

Pressure of taxation

Birocracy

Professional stereotypes (smaller

medium wages for women, difficulties

in getting specific jobs, etc.)

Traditional collective mentality, plenty

of prejudices

Balancing professional and

family/private life;

Maternity and child care

Stereotyping women promotion in

mass-media


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The need of entrepreneurialtrainingOut of 13.26% women that are engineers

3.84% would carry out management and marketing studies15.38% have entrepreneurial studies

30.78% lack interest in any entrepreneurial training

Out of 36.73% women that have finished studies in economics33.33% would do entrepreneurial training based on projects

22.22% would do human resources studies13.88% would do entrepreneurial management

30.57% lack interest in entrepreneurial training

Out of 12.26% women with other types of studies83.34% would continue their studies with management and marketing studies

16.66% lack interest in entrepreneurial training

Out of 34.69 % women that lack university degree17.64% would do general management courses

38.23% would do marketing courses

11.76% would do human resources management courses

32.37% lack interest towards entrepreneurial training.

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CONCLUSIONS I

Although Romania has had and still has a masculine-orientedculture - and that is because it is said that men are supposed to take

the greatest decisions, the material needs and the yearning for

financial independence has determined women to embrace

entrepreneurship.

1stplace in the motivational hierarchy = the need of obtaining extra income

(36%)

Another type of motivation is the need of more material independence (29%),

the alternative against unemployment (22%),

the positive entrepreneurial examples (7%)the expertise in the domain (5%)

to perpetuate a family tradition. (1%);

The majority of women entrepreneurs in Romania have studies in economics

(36.73% - 36 women) who have taken the advantage of entrepreneurship courses

offered by their curriculum.

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CONCLUSIONS IIThe majority of women entrepreneurs in Romania have studies in

economics (36.73%) who have taken the advantage ofentrepreneurship courses offered by their curriculum

Starting with the change of the political system after 1990 many

large enterprises have changed their legal statute and many people

have been discharged, especially women. Therefore, womenentrepreneurs without university degree (34.69%) have started

their own affair, as they had to find an alternative to earn money

and avoid unemployment

Theres a greater openness among women entrepreneurs toorganize&administrate their own business, as they fear of failing.

Therefore, most of the questioned women entrepreneurs, with

different types of studies have already done or are willing to do

entrepreneurial training

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