IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/artjou/v22y2023i1p47-66.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Entrepreneurial Ability and Development of Micro Enterprise

Author

Listed:
  • Susmita Chatterjee
  • Debabrata Datta

Abstract

Self-help groups (SHGs) are set up by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with the objective of supporting poor people of India to set up micro enterprises. However, it is not at all easy to become an entrepreneur. The empirical observation shows that while some members of SHGs succeed in becoming entrepreneurs, other continue to remain just members. This article tries to identify the factors that help this entrepreneurship. It first develops a theoretical model and then carries out an empirical exercise with the help of ground-level surveys of SHGs in several districts of West Bengal. This empirical exercise with the help of logistic regression finds out that state help, financial access and existence of marketing opportunity are necessary for entrepreneurial success. Contrary to the general belief, more years of education does not help entrepreneurship. More revealing is the finding that protective social support deters entrepreneurship.

Suggested Citation

  • Susmita Chatterjee & Debabrata Datta, 2023. "Entrepreneurial Ability and Development of Micro Enterprise," Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, , vol. 22(1), pages 47-66, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:artjou:v:22:y:2023:i:1:p:47-66
    DOI: 10.1177/0976747920946405
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0976747920946405
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0976747920946405?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:artjou:v:22:y:2023:i:1:p:47-66. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.