The Role of Entrepreneurs in the SME Sector A Conceptual Analysis - Indian Scenario / Pankajakshi.

By: Pankajakshi
Material type: ArticleArticlePublisher: 2009Subject(s): Indian Scenario | India | Entrepreneur | Smes | Small And Medium Enterprises | Sme Sector | Entrepreneurship In The Sme Sector | Entrepreneurshiphip Research | Eighth Biennial Conference On Contempora | Biennial Conference Papers In: Eighth Biennial Conference on Contemporary Issues in Entrepr ResearchSummary: Posing as a dominant agrarian economy at the time of independence, India today looks brighter as one of the emerging economies of the world. During the British rule, the entrepreneurial spirit was subdued in India, witnessed GDP growth rate of 0.9% during the first half of the 20th century. It was only the Swadeshi Movement and boycott of foreign goods in the first quarter of the last century that took place to realize the place of entrepreneurs and small industry in the developing consciousness of modern and free India. Historical data on Small Scale Industries (SSI), now termed as Small Enterprises (SE) and made part of SME, reveals that SSIs in India constitutes 90 % of the units, 40% of the value addition and 80 % of employment of the total manufacturing sector. This vibrant segment of the Indian economy, has been contributing over 39% of the manufacturing sector out put, 33% of the national exports and providing employment to nearly 312 lakh people in both rural and urban areas across the country. Comparing the growth of Small & Medium Enterprises over a period of 10 years (1994-2003), some of the significant improvement areas. The number of SME units has risen by over...
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Posing as a dominant agrarian economy at the time of independence, India today looks brighter as one of the emerging economies of the world. During the British rule, the entrepreneurial spirit was subdued in India, witnessed GDP growth rate of 0.9% during the first half of the 20th century. It was only the Swadeshi Movement and boycott of foreign goods in the first quarter of the last century that took place to realize the place of entrepreneurs and small industry in the developing consciousness of modern and free India. Historical data on Small Scale Industries (SSI), now termed as Small Enterprises (SE) and made part of SME, reveals that SSIs in India constitutes 90 % of the units, 40% of the value addition and 80 % of employment of the total manufacturing sector. This vibrant segment of the Indian economy, has been contributing over 39% of the manufacturing sector out put, 33% of the national exports and providing employment to nearly 312 lakh people in both rural and urban areas across the country. Comparing the growth of Small & Medium Enterprises over a period of 10 years (1994-2003), some of the significant improvement areas. The number of SME units has risen by over...

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