http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/468 2026-05-15T14:19:58Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/500 Digital Entrepreneurship – A Vision of our Future Garg, Mamta; Jindal, Manojkumar Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Entrepreneurship is the engine and the Entrepreneur is the visionary driver building the framework and guiding this engine through startup obstacles and innovation despondencies. As today is the era of information technology and digital age. The constant development of technology in the accompanying Net Economy has had a significant influence on various possibilities for developing innovative business concepts based on electronic information and communication networks and realizing these by establishing a new company. Digital Entrepreneurship represents a category of Entrepreneurship that leverages new technologies in novel ways such as the Internet Communications Technology. Digital Entrepreneurship is term used to employ various types of entrepreneurship skills to run the business electronically or digitally. As more companies start doing digital business, the question of how starting a digital venture differs from starting a traditional venture grows more important. A digital entrepreneur is an individual who uses the Internet as a tool to create commercial opportunities, disseminate information, and collaborate with clients and partners. This paper analyses a framework of digital entrepreneurship that includes functionality and features of new digital ventures. Specific issues addressed include digital or virtual products and services, digital or virtual workplaces, and the effects of relying on computer-mediated communication. It also focuses on various types of digital models like Business to Business, Business to tools should be developed in order to make digital business successful and digital training should be imparted to entrepreneurs. 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/499 Family Business Entrepreneurship in Tourism Industry-A Case Study of Pondicherry Perspective of Management Kanthan, M. In a fast progressing industry like tourism there is no dearth of entrepreneurial opportunities. Family Business Entrepreneurship as a phenomenon has gained immense coinage in various key sectors of India since a distant past. The role of family business establishments becomes more significant in the case of tourism industry, because of its very nature, i.e., being a service industry. This paper critically examines the growth and prospects of family run business establishments in tourism and hospitality industry of Pondicherry. The main focus area of this paper is the investigation of entrepreneurial attributes of family business entrepreneurs in Pondicherry, who operates ventures in hospitality, their distinctive competence, psychological traits, skills and context i.e. the environmental factors. This work attempts to elucidate upon the influence of Socio-economic factors that acts as a driving force for the family entrepreneurs in Pondicherry, taking into account market incentives, customs, cultural values etc., This study also looks into the government policies, rules and regulations which have a bearing on the successful functioning of tourism and hospitality entrepreneurial ventures in Pondicherry. This paper also attempts to unveil a business model for family run business firms in Pondicherry by taking into account primary data collection and analysis. The significance and advantages of family operated ventures in tourism industry of Pondicherry and the reasons for them adorning a high pedestal is being studied in this paper. 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/498 The Global Business Hip Hop Henderson, Geraldine Rosa In the past twenty years, hip hop culture has moved from the "margin to mainstream" and transcended traditional segmentation factors such as ethnicity and geography (Stapleton 1998). In fact, National Geographic completed an extensive ethnographic study of the cultural phenomena across the globe, Harvard University's Hip-hop Archive has gained popularity as a scholarly institution, and the Smithsonian in the United States has added an exhibit to honor the history of hip-hop (Motley and Henderson, 2008; Abe, 2007; McBride, 2007). Concurrently, consumer data suggests the growing importance of hip-hop culture in the market approximating 50 million hip-hop consumers in the United States and more than 100 million worldwide (Kaikati and Kaikati 2004). As expected, the growth of the hip-hop consumer segment has increased spending across certain product categories. In particular, Alloy Access (2008) noted the hip-hop consumer market has $90 billion in annual discretionary spending across the entertainment, technology and fashion categories, and it is estimated to grow to $644 billion by 2010 (Brown and Washton 2006; Ferguson 2008). Interestingly, the diffusion of hip-hop culture consumption outside of the United States has been quite prevalent as well (Motley and Henderson 2008; Mitchell 2001). In fact, the consumption in hip-hop fashion, music and values in countries such as Japan and India have began to receive attention in popular press and business articles alongside scholarly works. Motley and Henderson (2008) found that commonalities among members of the hip-hop subculture and suggest that the fundamental nature of hip-hop is shared. 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/497 Emerging Issues and Opportunities for Medical Entrepreneurs in the Field of Wound Closure Technology Desai, Dinesh; Patel, J. M.; Patel, Nitika Surprisingly the wound closure devices are applied more for aesthetics applications of body contouring, hair removal, and skin resurfacing and rejuvenation; cosmetic, general, dentistry applications; gynecologic applications; ophthalmic applications including age related macular degeneration, vision correction and many more, than for post surgery due to accidents. The wound closure market is currently dominated by conventional bandages, dressings and surgical staples or sutures, but today it rely on biomaterials, tissue engineering and biotechnology, which are methodically fast expanding and represent a paradigm shift away from the traditional methods and training of surgical teams. The wound closure devices markets in Europe and the U.S. alone is projected to climb $4.1 billion in the year 2011 and in next five years it is expected to provide painless and suture-less wound closure, assuring a safer, faster and efficient closure of wounds. Issues related to this field are multidimensional and they need a proper coordination of professionals from science, medical, paramedical, engineering and legal field. One of such emerging methodology, relating all fields is "Design For Repeatability and Reproducibility" (DFRR), is discussed in this paper. Other relevant methodologies are established and applied so as the entrepreneur can handle the emerging issues in timely and in cost effective way. Result obtained from the applied methodology and findings are discussed and suggestions are made. The suggestions made in this paper will give new directions to the academicians, researchers, and decision makers in the emerging field of wound closure techniques so as to guide the entrepreneur to succeed in his business. 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z