http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7835 2026-05-15T14:22:30Z 2026-05-15T14:22:30Z Thomas, Jyotsna K I, Georgee http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7917 2019-03-14T17:32:52Z 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

The Role of Incubation Centres in Kerala’s Startup Ecosystem Thomas, Jyotsna; K I, Georgee Startups have got a vital role to play in the future of India by creating innovative solutions to country’s challenging issues and also by generating large scale job opportunities for upcoming workforce. The Government has recognized the importance of startups in the economic development of the country, and therefore they have come with various revolutionary measures to create a conducive ecosystem for startups. Today, a new pool of talented youngsters are building their own business empires and made India the third largest startup base in the world. Along with Union Government various State Governments also have made their state level policies to support the startups in their respective states. The State of Kerala was the first among them to have its own startup policy. Apart from the government, there are many other institutions in a startup ecosystem which support startups viz incubators, accelerators, educational institutions, research institutions, investors, etc. The proposed paper aims to study the role played by the incubators in nurturing startups in the state of Kerala by analyzing the facilities provided by such institutions to startups and also evaluating the benefits of taking incubation support. The primary data required for the study will be collected from 60 startup founders and 6 incubation managers from the six incubators functioning in the state. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini

2019-02-22T00:00:00Z Sheth, Bhavisha P Sareen, S B http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7916 2019-03-14T17:29:07Z 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

Technology Business Incubation: Learnings from Global Experiences Sheth, Bhavisha P; Sareen, S B Schumpeter said that the survival of an economy depends on innovations by its entrepreneurs eventually contributing to global competiveness. The diffusion of technological innovations can influence the entrepreneurial scenario and eventually the economy. However, the conversion of innovation to business activity requires a lot of skills in addition to novelty and inventiveness. Technology business incubators (TBI), nurture the enterprise creation and development process right from its infancy by offering a myriad of services viz. infrastructure, mentoring, networking, etc. for their establishing, functioning and growing in the marketspace. On an account of the realization of its significance, Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) have been the policy tools of choice for institutional, regional and national governments across the globe. Here in this paper we discuss some critical dimensions of Technology Business Incubation, best practices over the globe and lessons learnt for strengthening the start-up ecosystem. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini

2019-02-22T00:00:00Z Sanjeev, Rinku Natrajan, Nidhi S Mitu G, Matta http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7915 2019-03-14T17:25:57Z 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

Entrepreneurial Readiness from Startup to Scale-Up: An Empirical Study in Delhi/NCR Sanjeev, Rinku; Natrajan, Nidhi S; Mitu G, Matta The current economy of innovation and dynamic changes require efforts not only in proving employment but creating employment. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) entrepreneurial setup on an average provide more job opportunities as compared to the tradition companies. There is a high contribution of startup entrepreneurs in the economy across the world. The once startups like Infosys and the current success story like Alibaba have not only drastically changed the employment and business dynamic but have affected the growth of their home city. Bangalore and Hangzhou are strong example of the same. In countries like India where every year more than a 100 million jobs are required startup entrepreneurship is apt strategy for fostering innovation, new jobs and competitive dynamics. India is a home to almost 3100 startups starting per year as per to the NASSCOM report of 2015. According to the research of Forbes 2015 90% of the startups fail and there are many reasons for the same. The current paper is an effort to understand the factors influencing the successful scale-up for any startup entrepreneurial venture. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini

2019-02-22T00:00:00Z Shankar, Raj K http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7914 2019-03-14T17:21:46Z 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z

Corporate Accelerators: A Brief Review and Research Agenda Shankar, Raj K Corporate accelerator, a recent form of entrepreneurship support, is being embraced by entrepreneurial ventures at a fast pace. Several large corporations globally have started corporate accelerator programs with some corporations even running such programs at multiple locations across the globe. Entrepreneurial ventures are also equally embracing this new form of entrepreneurship support with most corporate accelerator programs receiving a rapidly increasing number of applications to each of their cohorts. In sharp contrast to the quick adoption by practitioners, academic research on the topic remains largely sparse and predominantly descriptive. To address this gap between theory and practice, this paper attempts to review the available literature on the topic, describe the uniqueness of corporate accelerator as a phenomenon and present a broad research agenda. The research agenda details several research questions, potential theoretical perspectives from which to borrow and contribute, and a range of methods that can be applied to study them. This paper hopes to trigger research on this new phenomenon by indicating several ways and means of possible exploration. Studying corporate accelerators has both theoretical implications (for literatures on new venture growth, corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems) and practical implications (for entrepreneurial ventures, large corporations, policymakers). Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini

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