http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/341 2026-05-15T15:00:43Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/405 Public–Private Technology Transfer Stimulates Innovation and Propels Entrepreneurship Chandrika, K G India has a large number of public sector undertakings. Research & Development is an integral part of many of these undertakings, the R& D centres of these public sector establishments have contributed to research in India in a big way, whether it is product innovation, process innovation and in general technology development. Many of the Public undertakings are entering into public-private partnership for promotion of technology transfer. This joint effort can stimulate further innovation in technologies and result in growth of entrepreneurship. There are several examples of such transfer leading to entrepreneurship. The present paper is to study the issues, challenges and analyze the factors that can contribute to the growth of public-private participation in technology transfer resulting in entrepreneurship. 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/404 Progressive Metamorphosis of Workforce: Leader Creating Leaders Mahajan, Tanvi; Chand, Piar In the light of volatile and dynamic work scenarios where things are changing in the spur of the moment, as there is more of instability and less of monotony; it is well said that the only change is constant. Technology, product, services etc no more form the competitive advantage for the firm, the customer is becoming more demanding and all these aforesaid things are masked by the fear of obsolescence. Under such vagueness, the true competitive advantage upon which any company can find anchorage is the quality Human Resource. But with the changing times as the required skill set is changing and the dearth of quality people is there, work force has assumed more power and assertion. To cater to such work scenario, we need more flexible and dynamical leaders who are ready to shun their egos so as to respect individual creativity and thus set arena for giving out a vent to innovation. Today concept of leadership is experiencing overhauling as leadership not only demands accomplishment of organizational goals but also demands that the leader should be a liaison, an interface that recognizes the worth of each employee and thus aligning individual aspirations to organizational goals so as to pacify an individual's thirst to exceed and develop. An individual always chalks out a career plan for him, the effectiveness of leadership lies in not being myopic but being proactive enough to develop the career graph for each employee according to individual worth and try to bring about a trade off between the two career plans keeping the organizational and individual welfare in mind. This is what one can expect only under the mentor ship of transformational leaders. This paper makes a humble attempt to draw out positive relationship between transformational leaders and intrapreneurs by the retrospection of the cases of historical leaders and eventually extrapolating the drawn out implications and inferences in the modern corporate culture. 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/403 Product and Service Innovations in Rural Markets of India Christie, Jatin This paper is about a real life case of a social entrepreneur Nadeem Jafri. It tries to explore the organisational determinants of retail-business network in chilea community. Nadeem is a cousin of Pir Syed Mujahid Hussain Jafri who is sect head of the Chilea community from North Gujarat which runs a network of around one hundred restaurants in and around Ahmedabad and various restaurants in the entire highway belt of Ahmedabad to Mumbai. In an earlier case (Alagh, Thenmouzi & Babu, 2008) we had described the setting up of the Super Market Hearty Mart at Vishala Circle area of Ahmedabad by Nadeem an advertising professional turned entrepreneur, we had described in that case how Nadeem satisfied the latent consumer demands of the middle class largely muslim community in the area of Vishala circle. In another case (Alagh and Christie, 2009) we further described how Nadeem by venturing into villages and setting up franchises of Hearty Mart provided Entrepreneurial opportunities to the youth in the rural areas. In this paper we propose now to further study the Hearty Mart model to specifically examine selected theories of Contemporary Organisational Economics to further understand this model of organization. 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/402 Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation Based, on Business Incubators: The International Experience Al-Mubaraki, Hanadi Mubarak; Busler, Michael The aim of this paper is to investigate, and to identify key critical factors that facilitate the outcomes of successful implementation of incubators such as innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation. To achieve the aim, the research uses a mixed method approach consisting of survey questionnaire and multiple case studies. Specifically, eight case studies were conducted and data was mainly collected through electronic survey and organisational documents. The research findings suggest that there are four best practices for the implementation of incubators: 1) creating jobs and wealth, 2) fostering a community's entrepreneurial climate, 3) business creation and retention, and 4) financial module. The research adds value to current literature on incubator sustainability, benefits, and outcomes. It provides useful guidelines to both academicians and practitioners through experiences of worldwide incubator implementations. 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z