SUMMARY OF

 THE CONTRIBUTION BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS GROWTH : THE CASE OF GREEK LADIES

 

    Greece is rated rather high in contribution of entrepreneurs in financial life. Looking at percentages, the related gender rate is 15.51% for women entrepreneurs to 22.56% for men entrepreneurs. The above-mentioned parameters often force them to become their own bosses, motivating them to pursue entrepreneurship.

Women experience a ‘work/life blend. It is very challenging to define the balance in a uniform way, especially because those women micro-businesses are run from home. They have to earn their own money and at the same time have to be a wife, sister and a mother.

The gender gap for technology - gap of role models. Despite the contemporary success of young women with University degrees, there is a global, distinct gap between Human and Technology studies. A 78.5% of first-year students said that they regularly used computers before attending college. The figures for women and men were 77.8% and 79.5%, respectively, but women spent far less time on the internet. They were half as likely as men to rate their computer skills as above average and were five times less likely to pursue careers in computer programming - 9.3% of men as opposed to 1.8% of women.

Women entrepreneurs have become a strong driving force in today's economy. They usually are experienced, qualified, and well educated. Unfortunately, between other competencies, technology is still out of women entrepreneurs' comfort zone.

(THE JOURNAL URL)

https://innovation-entrepreneurship.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2192-5372-2-3