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Question 1. Evaluate the quality of the problem statement. What elements meet quality requirements? Why? What elements require quality improvement? Why?

Question 2. For the elements requiring quality improvement, what specific corrective steps in formulating a researchable problem would you recommend to each author?

Question 3. Based upon the review of the sample problem statement, what are the criteria should be use to evaluate the problem statement?

The social problem is the gender discrimination and associated economic marginalization of women, which sustain the barriers to improvement of women's social and economic status (Bandiera & Natraj, 2018; Juhn et al., 2017). The resulting lack of gender diversity also affects an organization's long-term competitiveness (World Economic Forum, 2018), and the lower rate of female labor force participation adversely affects a country's economic growth (Cuberes & Teignier, 2017; Jayachandran, 2015; McKinsey Global Institute, 2016). The specific management problem is that despite the attention and deployment of a significant level of capital from global sources into community-based social enterprises for improving the status of women, there is a lack of research related to how to address the economic marginalization of women (Grown & Gooptu, 2015; Klugman et al., 2014; Knife et al., 2014; Torri & Martinez, 2011). Appropriate strategies for creating social value through helping women to overcome gender inequality and marginalization are needed (Fotheringham & Saunders, 2014).