western nations on someantecedent c

western nations on some
antecedent conditions (e.g., support
services). Differences in reasons
for starting a business and
succeeding in it were also found.
Some of these differences may be
due to socio-cultural differences
between India and other nations.
For example, the lower levels of
work-family conflicts found in this
study may reflect the stronger family
support systems that these
women had and the availability of
low-cost household help. Others
might reflect differences in economic
factors. For example, the
Government of India has set up
several funding programs specifically
for women entrepreneurs and
this may account for the fairly large
number of women who had used
outside funding agencies to start
their businesses. As this study was
primarily exploratory in nature,
further research with larger samples
from other parts of India and other
developing nations is required to
gather more generalizable results.
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