Sustainable Women Entrepreneurial Performance in Kuwait

Abstract

This study aims to explore the sustainable entrepreneurship practices undertaken in women-owned businesses by investigating sustainable women entrepreneurial performance (SWEP) outcomes as they are considered an important contributor to the success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, little is known about the factors that influence SWEP within SMEs in Kuwait, and how these factors may vary across different contexts and populations. To address this gap, this study uses a mixed-methods approach involving 76 SME owners and managers in Kuwait and tested several hypotheses about the relationships between knowledge sharing capacity, innovation capacity, opportunity recognition, and SWEP. The results of the statistical and qualitative analyses provided strong evidence for a positive influence of knowledge sharing, innovation, and opportunity recognition on SWEP. The study also highlighted the moderating role of family interference in parts of sustainable practices. The findings of this study have implications for theory and practice, and suggest that promoting knowledge sharing, innovation, and opportunity recognition may be effective strategies for improving SWEP within SMEs in Kuwait.

Keywords: SME’s, SWEP, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Gender Diversity

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/15-5-05

Publication date: February 28^th 2023