http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5884 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:44:08 GMT 2026-05-15T12:44:08Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5971 Sustainability at Grassroots through Collective Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Stone Quarry Workers Husain, Farheen; Singh, Sunit Economists’ argue that entrepreneurship is audaciously stepping out in uncertain conditions to exploit the opportunity arisen from maladjustment in market. Sociologists extend the argument and relate it to a wider social change. They view entrepreneurship as a social movement and found that there are entrepreneurs in spheres other than economy. In the evolving landscape of human development, where the paradigm is shifting over the decades from that of welfare driven, heavily state- provided services to that of rights-based advocacy oriented approach towards social and economic empowerment, face of employment is also changing. From employment guarantee and employment generation programmes at state decided time and space, focus now is on locally produced self-employment in micro units and collective entrepreneurship in community owned enterprises. Cooperatives, Federations, SHGs, JLGs, Producer Company, Farmer Clubs are to name few such concepts. These concepts present more effective answer to the challenge of sustainability that development poses on humanity. This paper endeavors to present a model of collective entrepreneurship based on our experience with unorganized sector workers. In light of the impacts that this intervention made, we propose that collective entrepreneurship is a more sustainable means of promoting entrepreneurship, both at institutional level and at societal level. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5971 2017-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5970 Impact of Financial, Social and Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Success Yadav, Maheshwar Prasad This paper analyzes the impact of financial, social and human capital on entrepreneurial success through the constructs of initial investment in business, access to finance, network ties, trust in network, shared vision, education, and experience as the predictors. This empirical study was conducted via structured questionnaire on a sample of 118 Nepalese renewable energy enterprises having 264 respondents through correlation and multiple regression analysis using IBM SPSS statistics 20. The study shows that the strong role played by access to finance, network ties, trust in network, education and experience while a weak role played by initial investment in business and shared vision in determining entrepreneurial success. Accordingly, the study theorizes an educated and experienced individual having access to finance and good networking through trust among networks can be successful entrepreneurs. This study can be further extended by empirical testing of the proposed model of entrepreneurial success to get greater insights into the results. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5970 2017-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5969 Exploring Scaling up Mechanism of Grassroots Innovations through Entrepreneurship in India Sharma, Gautam; Kumar, Hemant Grassroots innovations are the products created by people at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’. These innovations are developed in resource constrained environments and have put in little or no ‘R&D’. Grassroots innovations are considered to have potential and significance for people in developing countries to solve problems on their own and democratise the process of innovation. Since grassroots innovations are not created keeping in mind the ‘market potential’ of these products, the diffusion of these products through entrepreneurs are widely debated in academic literature. To ‘scale up’ these grassroots innovations, business models are sought by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) that is committed towards scouting, documenting and commercialising of these innovations in the market. However, the absence of entrepreneurial culture and supporting infrastructure in the informal sector has limited the success of commercialisation of grassroots innovations in the market. The paper discusses the cases of selected grassroots innovations to understand the entrepreneurial process for commercialising such innovations. The paper finds out, during the stages of idea generation and product implementation, none of the grassroots innovators were interested to launch their products commercially. Even though commercialisation through entrepreneurship is regarded as the best way to scale up these innovations, there are other ways like open sharing that could be considered to better diffuse these innovations among the people who would want them the most. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5969 2017-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5968 Entrepreneurship Development as a Viable Option for Creating Sustainable Livelihood in Nigeria Ozigbo, Nathaniel C This study examines the role of entrepreneurship development as a viable option for sustainable livelihood in Nigeria. The notion of engendering greater entrepreneurial activity has become a prominent goal of the government. More globally, governments across the world are increasingly recognizing the positive impact that the creation of new businesses could have on employment generation as well as the competitive advantages that small firms can bring to the market place. It is now recognized that education and training opportunities play key role in cultivating future entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to greater levels of success. European Commission (2008) asserted that the aim of entrepreneurship education and training should be to develop the entrepreneurial capacities and mindsets that benefit the individuals by fostering creativity, innovation and self employment. This study emphasizes that understanding the need to creating and nurturing entrepreneurship development, that the government should take up strategic initiatives and implement plans aimed at impacting entrepreneurial skills and knowledge through education. Such a move no doubt provides the freedom and the trust to the entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams. The entrepreneurs interviewed had mixed emotions about entrepreneurship as viable options for sustainable livelihood in Nigeria. Some indicated that entrepreneurship development is essential for rapid and sustainable economic growth and that it creates the required manpower and skills necessary for accelerated growth, reduced unemployment and reducing poverty alleviation. Others emphasizes that it is strategic for the government to assign significant and increasing role to entrepreneurship in order to revamp the economy. The study recommends that the government should give loan to young entrepreneurs when needed with lower interest rate that is affordable to the entrepreneurs. Secondly, the government officials should discourage corruption, tribalism, religious bias and favouritism and ensure that every individual is treated with equal right and respect in terms of giving loan. Finally, that strong patent law should be provided by the government in order to protect local entrepreneurs from foreign producers. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/5968 2017-02-22T00:00:00Z