http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/9694 2026-05-15T14:23:37Z 2026-05-15T14:23:37Z Acharya, Satya Ranjan Dixit, Tonisha http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/9704 2019-11-21T14:18:19Z 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z

Technology Entrepreneurship: Role of Government in Enabling Start-up Support Ecosystem Acharya, Satya Ranjan; Dixit, Tonisha With the emergence of knowledge-driven economy, entrepreneurial process turned out to be technology driven (Malerba, 2010). Drastic reduction in lifecycle of technologies, turbulence, and uncertainty forced entrepreneur to develop newer strategies. The requirement to stay competitive and survive the rapid technological changes led to the emergence of competition to develop or acquire newer technologies. Thus, the traditional entrepreneurship theory driven by market evolved to a newer knowledge-driven and technology intensive theory of entrepreneurship. Technology entrepreneurship needs to be critically defined and distinguished from mainstream entrepreneurship. It involves rigorous experimentation, catering to the nascent markets through novel products. The development of such technology-based innovations is largely affected by the support system around them which includes institutional setups. With the regional innovation surveys in place, role of innovation ecosystem in supporting technology entrepreneurship has been well documented and validated (EIS, 2017). OECD (2010) has indicated various parameters which are crucial in enabling technology-driven entrepreneurship. Several studies imply that a competitive ecosystem equipped with technological and financial resources supported by mentors is an ideal scenario to accelerate technology entrepreneurship (NBIA, 2007; Hackett and Dilts, 2004; Grimaldi and Grandi, 2007; Aernoudt, 2004). The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of various nodal institutions through the role they play in supporting growth of their incubatee ventures. The study also aims to capture the need of handholding for startups as well as the government policy initiatives promoting technology business development. The researchers of this study try to validate the performance indicators of business incubation process derived from the literature reviewed, which can be used in Indian scenario.

2019-06-06T00:00:00Z Acharya, Satya Ranjan Chandra, Yamini http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/9703 2019-11-21T14:15:45Z 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z

Fostering Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of General Enterprising Tendency and Pedagogical Intervention in building Entrepreneurship Education Acharya, Satya Ranjan; Chandra, Yamini Entrepreneurship education is considered as one of the most persuasive way which determines the strength of the economy. It’s a way in which flexibility in terms of moulding one’s own self to face the hardship of the world of entrepreneurship is taught in a practically applicable way so as to align with the changing workforce demand. The paradigm shift in education brings challenges to the educators. This has made extremely necessary to make essential changes in the curriculum of entrepreneurship teaching and training. The present study was conducted with an aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the entrepreneurship education offered as a post-graduate management programme at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gujarat, India. These pedagogical inputs help to impart the “hard skills” and “soft skills”, which are essential for the entrepreneurial journey. The paper reflects on the experience of a 2-year entrepreneurship programme designed and introduced in the academic curriculum. The data was collected from four consecutive batches at three stages during the 2-year programme. For the first stage, data was collected using the Test of General Enterprising Tendency (GET) developed by Caird and Johnson (1989) to assess the competencies of the students. For the second stage, the introduced pedagogical intervention has been analysed by making students undergo a specialized education, named as “New Enterprise Creation” and “Family Business Management” and for the third stage, the students were assessed on the basis of career they are pursuing after completing the course.The findings highlight the analysis of students based on the specialization they have opted and indicated various sectors where they have ventured either in new business or serving in the corporate which is represented through a pictorial model of pedagogical intervention. Further GET analysis discussed the effect of various observable competencies on the entrepreneurial self of students. The article represents a connected model of nurturing the competencies of students, creating an individual learning environment while imparting an understanding, and insights on the entrepreneurial propensity of the students. The present study builds an early experience of connecting classroom teaching with experiential learning and providing a model on entrepreneurship education for effective practices in higher educational environment. The present article is innovative in nature as it has been practically implemented and argues on the holistic approach towards building a pedagogical model for entrepreneurship education and simultaneously nourishing and nurturing the entrepreneurial competencies.

2019-06-06T00:00:00Z Sahu, Dipan Kumar http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/9702 2019-11-21T14:13:11Z 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z

Grassroots Innovation in Informal Economy and Inclusive Innovation System: Informing Phenomenon Sahu, Dipan Kumar Grassroots innovations may result out of completely new or new combinations of hybrids of existing elements with local ingenuity which emphasizes on the ingenious capacity of grassroots innovators to devise innovative solutions by using traditional and indigenous knowledge to solve the problems faced locally by innovator and (or) by community it belongs. These grassroots innovations have emerged as a recent policy tool for inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries because of tremendous potential of such innovations to contribute for sustainable socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation. Despite these, grassroots innovations possess a distinct socioeconomic advantage in the inclusive development process; they are often neglected and kept separate from mainstream innovation support system. In addition, the discrete nature of innovation in the informal setup makes it different from the formal setup and holds the least attention of research scholars. This explorative study finds that, like the conventional innovation in formal sector, pluralism also exists with grassroots innovation in informal sector but both are not exactly similar in nature. This study explored different underlying theories, critical factors, challenges associated with grassroots innovations in informal economy. Further, this paper highlights the distinguishing characteristics of grassroots innovations, development models and theories, institutional engagements, and policy initiatives to promote and support such innovations in Indian context. Finally, the paper suggests a few policy implications to strengthen the grassroots innovation within the inclusive innovation system framework.

2019-06-06T00:00:00Z Mehrotra, Devanshi Roy, Partha Sarathi http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/9701 2019-11-21T14:11:03Z 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z

Mapping of Indian University based Business Incubation Ecosystem – Analysis of Gaps Mehrotra, Devanshi; Roy, Partha Sarathi India has always been a land of business and trade. With changing political, legal, and economic factors, business incubators have been established to stimulate new business creation. Business incubators work as helping hand for the early stage companies by providing them necessary support, financial, and technical services. They are designed to accelerate the success and growth of entrepreneurial companies. Within the incubation space, we find the emergence of a new type of incubators – the university business incubators (UBIs). Not much research exists about them, especially from an Indian context. In our study, we created a list of Indian UBIs from existing incubator list and divided it into two phases. In phase I, we created a typology of Indian UBIs which would help us in better understanding their array of services. Also, we mapped the various attributes of UBIs to understand the emerging trend of their services. In phase II, we dug deep into our data to connect with selected incubators and incubatees, trying to understand which services are availed and what bottlenecks are faced. Thus, the study develops a typology of Indian UBIs and analyses the trend of their services provided over the zones of India. The paper aims to benefit entrepreneurs, incubators, partnering agencies, and the government in better policymaking.

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