Abstract
Less developed institutional environments affect the functioning of Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs led by women have been significantly affected by the institutional environmental forces, especially in developing economies. Identifying the void in the literature that there is a lack of instrument for measuring the country institutional profile of women-led small businesses in the developing countries, present study aims to empirically validate an instrument in the Sri Lankan context. By utilizing a mixed methods approach, the study uses expert opinion surveys and focus group discussions for contextualizing the instrument, and deploys a questionnaire survey for collecting data from a sample of business students in validating the same. Providing a better understanding on the differences in the regulatory, cognitive and normative dimensions of the institutional environment of women-led small businesses, the findings show the possibility for developing economies to learn successful institutional practices from developed countries to further progress women-led small businesses.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 66-89 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | South Asian Journal of Management |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- Country institutional profile
- Small business
- Women-led
- Developing economy
- Institutional environment