The Importance of Information and Communication Technologies in the Development of Women Entrepreneurship
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Global trends in the labor market have led to an increase in women's participation in entrepreneurship so that women entrepreneurship is increasingly expanding. As information and communication technologies in recent years experienced a big rise, they spread opportunities to access markets in large numbers and thus reduce barriers to access to information and the costs of the classical business. The rapid spread of information and communication technology offers tremendous opportunities and poses a special challenge for the empowerment of women because women are the ones who have time constraints and reduced mobility. The aim of this study is to investigate the importance of information and communication technologies in the development of women entrepreneurship and to point out the opportunities for its development of their application. This study concluded that the use of computers by women and men have only confirmed the need to constantly point to the benefits of using information and communication technologies in the acquisition of new knowledge and the development of female entrepreneurship.
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