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    Factors Affecting Growth Expectations of Ethiopian Women Entrepreneurs
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-06) Elsabet, Hussen; Teshome, Bekele (Ato)
    The lack of adequate literature that explain internal factors that would enhance and strengthen growth expectation of women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia motivated the researcher to conduct this study. Hence, it was done with the aim of identifying factors that affect growth expectation of women entrepreneurs. To successfully achieve the aim, the research followed a descriptive research design. It utilized the GEM 2012 adult population dataset and various statistical tools, including percentage and correlation analysis, to analyse the data. The analysis of the data was carried out using SPSS version 22. The major finding of the study is that women entrepreneurs who prefer working in collaborative new product development and market expansion frameworks expect better growth. However, contrary to the findings of prior studies, the nature of motivation that prompt starting a business and international business orientation and involvement has no significant correlation with growth expectations of women entrepreneurs. This implies that both opportunity and necessity driven business owners could have comparable level of growth expectation given all other things are constant. Based on the findings, the research recommends and underscore the importance of institutions that facilitate cooperation and collaboration among women entrepreneurs. Stakeholders, particularly the government, need to give undivided attention and support to institutions bestowed with the task of facilitating collaboration among women entrepreneurs. Detail conclusions and recommendations are discussed towards the end of the report.