An overview of the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs during the outbreak of the Corona virus

hossein damghanian¹ zohreh khosravi² Meysam modarresi³

1) Associate professor and faculty member of Semnan University Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences
2) Master s student in entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University
3) Assistant professor and faculty member of Semnan University Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences

IOI Code : XYCF-KZFED
Publication : 2nd.International Congress on Management, Economy, Humanities and Business Development(icmba.ir)
Abstract :
    Abstract Considering that the main condition for controlling viruses is to reduce the consumption of social plants and stay at home, many jobs and economic activities have become vulnerable with the shutdown and recession. In the meantime, the evidence shows that female entrepreneurs who manage their business with a lower level of capital and financial reserves and rely more on their own financial expenses and internal budget, as a result of the decrease in income caused by the global viral disease of Covid-19, Be at risk of closing the business for a period of time, with significant or no revenue growth. Therefore, the purpose of identifying the virus is to evaluate the consequences of women s business performance through a systematic review method. In this review article, the challenges of women s business under the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and the identification of the consequences of the spread of the corona virus on women s business performance in the world have been discussed. In this way, in the research findings from the years 2019 to 2022, from the indexed articles about women s business during the outbreak of the corona virus, by searching keywords in Google Scholar such as coronavirus, COVID-19, performance of women s business, Women Entrepreneur in the databases Scientific Information Database (SID), Science direct, Springer and Scopus were used. Based on the inclusion criteria, among the 62 reviewed articles, 15 articles were included in the research and the results were classified, summarized and reported. The evaluation of the reviewed articles created general knowledge about the main channels of the impact of Covid-19 on businesses and how businesses adapt to the current conditions. In a general framework and with a comprehensive approach and including all effects, it can be said that studies show that Covid-19 has affected businesses from all four perspectives, financial, operational, market and human. The increase in problems related to adaptation and coping strategies after the injury is one of the negative consequences of the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease for female entrepreneurs. Considering the negative consequences caused by the spread of the Covid-19 disease, it is recommended to design and plan intervention and support strategies to reduce the negative effects.

Keywords : corona virus women s business performance women s entrepreneurship covid 19