FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COMPARISON BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND IRAN

Magistrsko delo poglobjeno obravnava žensko podjetništvo. Posebej obravnavamo žensko podjetništvo v Sloveniji in v Iranu. Podrobneje obravnavamo motive, dejavnike in prednosti, slabosti ter ovire ženskega podjetništva, dotikamo pa se tudi vpliva nacionalne kulture, prav zaradi različnosti kultur med proučevanima državama. V empiričnem delu magistrske naloge smo s pomočjo podatkov pridobljenih z raziskavo GEM obravnavali zgodnje podjetnice v dveh proučevanih državah in vplive na njihovo odločitev za podjetniško kariero. Osredotočamo se predvsem na dejavnike, ki vplivajo na odločitev žensk za podjetništvo v proučevanih državah. Posebej obravnavamo motivacijo, starost, strah pred neuspehom, pridobljeno znanje in izkušnje ter dohodek gospodinjstva. Ugotovimo, da se podjetnice v Sloveniji od podjetnic v Iranu razlikujejo glede motivacije vključevanja v podjetništvo iz priložnosti, prav tako glede vpliva dohodka gospodinjstva na njihovo odločitev za podjetništvo. Starost in samozaupanje v znanje ter izkušnje, potrebne za podjetništvo, vplivajo na odločitev za podjetništvo žensk tako v Sloveniji, kakor v Iranu. Strah pred neuspehom vpliva na odločitev žensk za podjetništvo v Sloveniji, za Iran te povezave ne moremo potrditi.Master\u27s thesis presents the in-dept research of the female entrepreneurship, specifically addressing female\u27s entrepreneurship in Slovenia and Iran. We consider motives and factors, also the advantages, disadvantages, and barriers for female entrepreneurship. We also study the impact of national culture because of the differences of the two cultures in these two countries. In empirical part of the master\u27s thesis we used the data obtained by the survey GEM. We analyzed the early entrepreneurs in Slovenia and Iran and especially the factors that impacts woman\u27s decisions to start an entrepreneurial career, where we focused primarily on these two countries. We specifically consider factors such as the motivation, age, fear of failure, the acquired knowledge and experienceand also income of the household. We configure that female entrepreneurs in Slovenia differ from female entrepreneurs in Iran depending the impact of household income on their decision for the entrepreneurship, as well as motivation of opportunitie entrepreneurship. Age and self-confidence in the knowledge and experience needed for entrepreneurship are influencing the decision for female entrepreneurship in both countries. Fear of failure is also influencing female entrepreneurship in Slovenia, but we can not confirm that for female entrepreneurship in Iran