RESEARCHING THE GENDER ASPECT IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (THE CASE OF MOLDOVA, UKRAINE AND BELARUS)
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Authors:
• Elena ACULAI, Afiliation: Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
• Adela BULGAC, Afiliation: Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
• Vitalii GRYGA, Afiliation: Center for S&T Potential and Science History Studies of the NAS of Ukraine
• Olga KRASOVSKA, Afiliation: Center for S&T Potential and Science History Studies of the NAS of Ukraine
• Olga LINCHEVSKAYA, Afiliation: Institute of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus -
Keywords: SMEs, female entrepreneurship, countries with transition economy.
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Abstract:
The SME sector covers economic operators that substantially differ by many parameters: size of enterprises, types of activity, etc., including entrepreneurs’ characteristics – their ethnic, gender, age and other peculiarities. The specificity of different groups of enterprises and entrepreneurs is important both for attracting attention of the society to their problems and for the elaboration of business regulation policy on local, national and international levels. The purpose of the paper is investigation of characteristics of female entrepreneurship in some countries with transition economy – Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus. In particular, possibilities of women–entrepreneurs to access different types of resources are presented, peculiarities of women’s character that influence the entrepreneurial activity are elucidated, need of governmental assistance to women that initiate and develop own business is examined. Common characteristics and some peculiarities in the female business development in the three countries are outlined. The investigation is based on results of questionings and interviews with women – owners and managers of enterprises, first of all, SMEs, from Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus.