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Title:
EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN SME OWNERS IN RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH

Authors:
Sharmin Sultana PhD

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Sharmin Sultana PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205

MLA 8
Sultana, Sharmin. "EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN SME OWNERS IN RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 8, no. 7, July 2023, pp. 2069-2090, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i07.029. Accessed July 2023.
APA 6
Sultana, S. (2023, July). EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN SME OWNERS IN RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 8(7), 2069-2090. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i07.029
Chicago
Sultana, Sharmin. "EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN SME OWNERS IN RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 8, no. 7 (July 2023), 2069-2090. Accessed July, 2023. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2023.v08i07.029.

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ABSTRACT:
The study ‘Experiences of Women SME Owners in Rajshahi City’ was conducted in the Rajshahi Metropolitan area. The prime goal of this research work was to find out the positive and negative experiences of the women entrepreneurs and to reveal the Influence of entrepreneurship on the family life of the respondents. It is a field based study and the researcher wanted to know the experiences of the women entrepreneurs by asking them various questions. From their answers to that specific questions, the researcher tried to learn about their experiences in family and business life. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used in the study. The primary data were collected from the respondents with the help of In-depth Interview by using a semistructured questionnaire. The researcher herself interviewed all the respondents. The study reveals that the respondent, experienced a lot of positive things after they got engaged in SME Business. Some of them also experienced negative things also. Data showed that their positive experience is much higher than their negative experience.

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