Discusses the importance & the role women entrepreneurs play in the international environment, highlighting the situation of women entrepreneurs in Slovenia. Empirical evidence from most OECD ...countries shows that small & medium-sized companies are an important source of employment generation, innovation, & economic development. However, even though women entrepreneurs are rapidly becoming a major force in OECD member countries, their contribution could become even more significant if a number of restrictions were removed. The major forces of innovation & job creation are synthesized as follows: (1) improving knowledge about female entrepreneurship; (2) promoting entrepreneurial education & training; (3) removing financial obstacles & promoting innovative tools to foster the growth of female entrepreneurship; (4) promoting the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs; (5) facilitating access to international & domestic markets; & (6) transforming the regulatory & institutional environment. Entrepreneurship plays a significant role in the economic development of every country. It can become a major force of economic growth in Slovenia as well (Small Business Development Strategy, 1996). Every effort should be made to promote women entrepreneurs because they constitute a large unused business potential both in Slovenia & abroad. 7 Tables, 14 References. Adapted from the source document.
Zensko podjetništvo je predmet mnogih razprav, ki se nanašajo na podjetništvo in vse več jih v zadnjem času najde svoje mesto tudi v strokovni literaturi. V prvem delu bom predstavila pomen in vlogo ...ženskega podjetništva, kot jo opisuje svetovna literatura, v drugem delu pa bom osvetlila posebnosti podjetnic v Sloveniji. Empirične raziskave v državah članicah OECD kažejo, da predstavljajo mala in srednja podjetja pomemben vir zaposlovanja, inovacij in ekonomskega razvoja. Čeprav žensko podjetništvo postaja pomembna sila v državah članicah OECD, bi bil njihov prispevek lahko še bolj pomemben, če bi bile odstranjene številne ovire. Tako bi lahko bil njihov potencial v polni meri izkoriščen. Najpomembnejše sile v inoviranju in ustvarjanju delovnih mest so združene v naslednjem: (i) boljše poznavanje ženskega podjetništva; (ii) podpiranje podjetniškega izobraževanja; (iii) odstranjevanje finančnih ovir in podpiranje prenovitvenih orodij za rast ženskega podjetništva; (iv) podpiranje konkurenčnosti med ženskami podjetnicami; (v) olajšanje dostopa na mednarodne in domače trge; (vi)preoblikovanje regulatornega in institucionalnega okolja.