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Women’s development is central to nation-building. The study attempts to find out the impact of age, marital status, educational qualification, ownership type, community, access to finance, and location of the enterprise on the success factors of women entrepreneurs in India. A total of 384 women entrepreneurs were chosen as the sample size. The One-way ANOVA test was utilized to examine the impact on success factors of women entrepreneurs in India. The results revealed that four out of seven have a significant impact on the success factors of women entrepreneurs which are location, community, access to finance, and ownership type. This research contributes to the literature on factors related to women entrepreneurs in India which will help future policymakers and academicians with the study.

Keywords

Success Factors; Women Entrepreneurs; One-way ANOVA; Entrepreneurship; India

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