Feminine Entrepreneurship in Peru: Strengths and Weaknesses to its Sustainability

• Edgar Romario Aranibar Ramos

  , Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-Brasil

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5926-8544 (unauthenticated)

• Daniela Yerdely Huachani Licona

  , Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa-Perú

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-3635 (unauthenticated)

• María Yulidsa Zúñiga Chávez

  , Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa-Perú

  Author

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7353-923X (unauthenticated)

Peruvian women’s enterprises show a continuous development. However, they present limiting factors that negatively influence their sustainability over time, gender equality and inequalities reduction, as well as domestic national economy. In this way, this research aims to contribute with relevant information regarding the strengths and weaknesses within women’s enterprises in Peru for their sustainability. Thereby, a review of primary and secondary, national and international sources was carried out, from which data was collected concerning the profile of the female entrepreneur, motivations, facilitating and limiting factors for their
entrepreneurship. Consequently, it was found that 39% of Peruvian women are considered as entrepreneurs, 77.3% are in the informal sector of the economy, being their main motivations economic support and self-improvement. Additionally, in the facilitating and limiting factors, a variety of characteristics divided into personal, family, social, economic-financial and technological aspects were perceived; noticing family associativity, the strengthening of institutional support and networking as facilitators; having on the other hand, the lack of investment in social capital and family violence. Finally, it is proposed to develop research and policies that address the limitations exposed and explore facilitating factors to guarantee adequate growth and its sustainability over time.

1. Edgar Romario Aranibar Ramos, , Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo-Brasil

   Profesional en formación de Relaciones Internacionales por la Universidade São
   Paulo y Gestión con mención en Gestión de Empresas por la Universidad Nacional de San
   Agustín de Arequipa. ORCID: 0000-0001-5926-8544

2. Daniela Yerdely Huachani Licona, , Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa-Perú

   Profesional en formación de Psicología por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín
   de Arequipa. ORCID: 0000-0002-8148-3635

3. María Yulidsa Zúñiga Chávez, , Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa-Perú

   Doctoranda en Administración por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de
   Arequipa. MBA en Dirección Estratégica de Empresas por la Pontificia Universidad Católica
   del Perú. Docente de pregrado en la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa y
   Universidad Tecnológica del Perú. ORCID: 0000-0002-7353-923X

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