Incubating women entrepreneurship: measuring effectiveness of women business incubator in Pakistan
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2012
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Purpose Business incubation is one of the implementation tools of government‟s strategy, for facilitating women entrepreneurship development in Pakistan. Very few of the businesssupport initiatives in Pakistan have translated into accrual of genuine benefits for target beneficiaries. That being so, purpose of this study is to measure importance and effectiveness of incubation related facilities/services for women entrepreneurs in Pakistan from the perspective of its primary beneficiaries (tenants) and draw implications for future women specific incubation programs. Methodology Study was carried out by using survey method. Tenants from women specific incubator participated in this survey. Self-administered questionnaire measuring importance and effectiveness of 34 incubation related facilities/services was incorporated in this study. Findings Results revealed that tenants generally perceive all the investigated incubation related facilities/services very important for the success of their businesses. In general, tenants have shown their agreement with incubator‟s ability to deliver all the facilities/services effectively. However, difference in perceived importance and perceived effectiveness for majority of the incubator‟s facilities/services has been found. Originality
There is no research study conducted, whatsoever, on incubation and/or its effectivenessin women entrepreneurship development in Pakistan. In an attempt to fill this gape, this study provides an empirical evidence of perceived value and effectiveness of incubation related services for its tenants. The results of study have also been interpreted in the light of similar prior empirical studies on measuring effectiveness through client‟s satisfaction. In this sense, this study also intends to discuss, somehow, the world wide scope of incubation model.
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Gender Development, Entrepreneurship, Incubation, Effectiveness, Pakistan
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Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Business Management, 28th – 29th March 2012, Lahore - Pakistan