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Awareness of government policies and STEP incubation are the most critical foundational enablers for women-owned Indian MSMEs, driving intermediate factors like upskilling and knowledge management to achieve sustainable business performance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To identify and evaluate the critical enabling factors and establish a hierarchical framework to support the growth and sustainability of women-owned micro, small, and medium enterprises.

September 10, 2026International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Hierarchical interrelationships among the critical success factors fostering women entrepreneurship: a study of Indian MSMEs

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BTBinita Tiwari GGGopal Krushna Gouda VTVikas Thakur

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Structural modeling study reveals critical driving enablers for women entrepreneurs in small businesses, highlighting policy awareness and incubation as foundational for sustainable performance.

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To identify and evaluate the critical enabling factors and establish a hierarchical framework to support the growth and sustainability of women-owned micro, small, and medium enterprises.
Identified enabling factors from existing literature and validated them through expert feedback.
Modeled contextual relationships among the validated factors using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM).
Applied MICMAC analysis to classify the enablers based on their relative driving power and dependence power.
Identified awareness of government policies and STEP incubation as foundational enablers possessing the highest driving power at the base of the hierarchical model.
Categorized upskilling and reskilling, knowledge management, and dynamic capability as intermediate linkage enablers.
Found that intermediate operational capabilities are essential drivers for achieving top-level outcomes of innovation ambidexterity and sustainable business performance.

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Tiwari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27b3558559d80afc74561 https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-07-2025-0691

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September 10, 2026International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Hierarchical interrelationships among the critical success factors fostering women entrepreneurship: a study of Indian MSMEs

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Authors

BTBinita Tiwari GGGopal Krushna Gouda VTVikas Thakur

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Overview

Structural modeling study reveals critical driving enablers for women entrepreneurs in small businesses, highlighting policy awareness and incubation as foundational for sustainable performance.

Key Points

To identify and evaluate the critical enabling factors and establish a hierarchical framework to support the growth and sustainability of women-owned micro, small, and medium enterprises.
Identified enabling factors from existing literature and validated them through expert feedback.
Modeled contextual relationships among the validated factors using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM).
Applied MICMAC analysis to classify the enablers based on their relative driving power and dependence power.
Identified awareness of government policies and STEP incubation as foundational enablers possessing the highest driving power at the base of the hierarchical model.
Categorized upskilling and reskilling, knowledge management, and dynamic capability as intermediate linkage enablers.
Found that intermediate operational capabilities are essential drivers for achieving top-level outcomes of innovation ambidexterity and sustainable business performance.

Cite This Study

Tiwari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27b3558559d80afc74561 https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-07-2025-0691

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