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Social capital, collaborative exchange and microenterprise performance: the role of gender

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  • Jasmine Tata
  • Sameer Prasad

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The success or failure of microenterprises often depends on social capital, or to the resources and opportunities created through the interactions of people. Because a majority of new microenterprises are created by women, the role of gender needs to be examined in the context of microentrepreneurial social capital. Hence, this paper presents a conceptual model of the relationships between microentrepreneurs' gender, social capital configuration, collaborative exchange and microenterprise performance. The model proposes that the configuration of microentrepreneurs' social capital is defined through three attributes: network diversity, network size and relationship strength. These three attributes influence the collaborative exchange process, or the actions taken by microentrepreneurs to utilise their social capital and gain information and resources. This process, in turn, influences microenterprise performance. In addition, the model also proposes that gender affects the relationships between social capital, collaborative exchange and microenterprise performance.

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  • Jasmine Tata & Sameer Prasad, 2008. "Social capital, collaborative exchange and microenterprise performance: the role of gender," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(3/4), pages 373-388.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:5:y:2008:i:3/4:p:373-388
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    1. S. M. Towhidur Rahman & Md. Khasrul Alam & Shanta Kar, 2013. "Factors Considered Important for Establishing Small and Medium Enterprises by Women Entrepreneurs. A Study on Khulna City," Business and Management Horizons, Macrothink Institute, vol. 1(1), pages 171-190, June.
    2. Isidore Ekpe & Razli Che Razak, 2016. "Effect Of Skill Acquisition On Enterprise Creation Among Malaysian Youths," Polish Journal of Management Studies, Czestochowa Technical University, Department of Management, vol. 13(1), pages 40-49, June.
    3. Bernard Dussuc & Sébastien Geindre, 2012. "Capital social, théorie des réseaux sociaux et recherche en PME : une revue de la littérature," Post-Print halshs-00747912, HAL.
    4. Thomas Antwi Bosiakoh, 2020. "Transnational Embeddedness of Nigerian Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Ghana, West Africa," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1187-1204, December.
    5. Derweanna Bah Simpong & Abdullah Al Mamun & Mohd. Rosli Mohamad & Norsiah Mat & Isidore Ekpe, 2017. "Factors Influencing Youth’s Leadership Participation in Peninsular Malaysia," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 7(2), pages 315-325.
    6. Morched Salim & Jarboui Anis, 2021. "Has female entrepreneurship been a formidable engine of economic and social development in Tunisia?," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 11(1), pages 489-503, December.

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