http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7868 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:44:14 GMT 2026-05-15T12:44:14Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7932 The Productivity of SMEs in Mexico and their Effect on Innovation, Using the Survey on Information Technologies and Communications, 2013 (ENTIC) Vargas-Hernández, José G; López-Mayorga, Vania Y Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico represent one of the main entities of economic activity that supports the bulk of the Mexican population; using statistics as a fundamental tool for conducting studies in the economic, natural, health sciences, among others, allows us to have proactive foundations for decision making within companies by senior executives and in the field public by officials responsible for promoting the growth of the industry in our country. This research tries to represent, under a statistical scheme, the use and disposition of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a tool to increase average productivity levels within companies and under the Cobb production function. -Douglas determines the ICT impact. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7932 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7931 Is Hypertext the Right Organization Structure for Firms Using CVC? Ojha, Atma Prakash Continuous innovation is a source of competitive advantage but is a challenging objective to achieve, especially in a dynamic environment where technology change is very rapid. Companies use different approach to stay on top of the innovation curve, and one such approach is corporate venture capital or CVC. The value of CVC lies in its ability to provide the firm with new knowledge, and if the firm can absorb the new knowledge then it can have a competitive advantage. I propose that the absorptive capacity of a firm depends on its organization structure, and the right organization structure which would amplify the knowledge creating effects of CVC is the “hypertext” organization. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7931 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7930 Innovation: The Sculpting Facet for the Future of Indian Food Sector R S, Mirinal Kumar; Arora, Sapna In this contemporary era, organizations seek innovation for its competitive advantage, growth and survival. Every organization, in particular, the food industries are continuously upgrading their technologies, product design, packaging, supply chain, and retail management to sustain and increase their market share while at the same drawing customers to their products and services invariably. The present paper primarily highlights the various aspects of innovation and how it gets shaped with different organizational variables and prevailing global trends in relevance to the Food Sector. As innovation is multi-dimensional, every organization has to ensure the adaptation of its various aspects in particular to the types of innovation that represent the need of food sector ranging from open and close innovations, incremental to radical innovations and various process, product, positional, technical and administrative innovations. The paper also sheds light on new facets that describes the adoption and implementation of innovation from the lens view of innovation with respect to sustainability, corporate culture and performance. The food companies in other parts of the world are adopting innovation by focusing on its different sources both national and trans-national, flexible business models and, exploring new types of innovation presumably architectural and disruptive thereby improving organizational culture towards a more sustainable working. Whereas, the Indian food industry is acclimating innovation in niche food service sectors such as fusion foods, healthy foods, and ethnic foods in order to target various customer segments and ultimately increase their consumer base. This paper also makes a comparison of current innovation status in the food industry both with a global and Indian perspective by focusing on R&D expenditure, patent registration, policy implications and the advent of startup culture within the food sector. It also gives a brief insight into various centers that incubate entrepreneurship activities within the Indian scenario. Innovation in food processing industries paves the way for product and process development which is indeed a higher priority for these industries both for a smart business strategy and to capture the targeted market. The government of India must take policy initiatives for the transformation of the unorganized sector to organized sector so as to meet its challenges, and further, within the organized sector, innovation could be a key to facilitate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship maneuver which quintessentially will lead to empowering people and economic growth as a whole. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7930 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7929 Innovation in Entrepreneurship: A Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kanpur Verma, Nandita The impetuous provided by the government of India through ‘Make in India’ initiatives and the MSME ministry has brought about increased activity on the entrepreneurial scene. Success stories of young entrepreneurs have been a big motivating factor. With ever increasing competition both in the domestic and international markets, a need is necessitated for overcoming challenges with respect to costing, quality, diversification, product choices and innovation and upgradation of technology. In the case of SMEs, they cannot compete with the established players having enormous resources in their grasp. However SMEs have been able to stand up to the challenge by adopting innovation and innovative methodology. This paper is an attempt to analyze the link between entrepreneurship and innovation methodology. For improving product quality of SME’s entrepreneurs have to recognize the importance of innovations that has to take place at all levels within and outside the firm. This paper also explores the role of innovation methodology adopted by SMEs in relation to firm’s turnover, success and growth. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7929 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z