Networks, Technology, and Entrepreneurship: A Field Quasi-experiment among Women in Rural India

Viswanath Venkatesh, Jason D. Shaw, Tracy Ann Sykes, Samuel Fosso Wamba, Mary Macharia · 2017 · Academy of Management Journal

Summary. A seven-year field experiment in 20 rural Indian villages tested how women's social networks and ICT use affect entrepreneurship. Family and community ties boosted business creation and profits, while ties to powerful men hindered them. ICT access dramatically increased new ventures—160 in intervention villages versus 40 in controls. The strongest results emerged when women had strong community networks combined with ICT access, effects that strengthened over time.

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DOI

10.5465/amj.2015.0849

Countries

India

Regions

Asia

Categories

entrepreneurship, broadband-and-digital, innovation-networks

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2026-04-28