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100			_aSingh, Sukhpal
245			_aEntrepreneurship in Primary Food Processing Industries in an Agricultrally Developed Region _cA Study of Punjab / Singh, Sukhpal.
260			_c1994
520			_aEntrepreneurship has been recognised as one of the important variables in growth and development of economies and communities. There have been many studies which have tried to explain the rise and growth of entrepreneurship in different activities especially industry, though there are some scholarly studies on rural and agricultural entrepreneurship as well (Nair 1961, Broehl 1978, and Sims 1988). However, the intermediate sector of agriculture related and agriculture-based primary processing industries has escaped the attention of researchers. There are very few studies on entrepreneurship in the context of agro-industries or studies of agro-industries which focus on entrepreneurship. In this background, this paper attempts a study of entrepreneurial origins and behaviour of primary food processing industrialists i.e. rice mill and oil mill owners in Punjab - the green revolution region of India, with a view to locate the factors in transition of an agricultural community towards industrial capital with agricultural investible surpluses, and other dimensions of the phenomenon like success in new activities and occupational mobility. The second section reviews the theories and...
650			_aPunjab
650			_aAgriculture
650			_aFood Processing Industries
650			_aBusiness
650			_aTechnology
650			_aTechnology And Business In India
650			_aIndian Entrepreneurship
650			_aIndia
650			_aEntrepreneurship Research
650			_aEntrepreneurship
650			_aNational Seminar On Current Research In
650			_aBiennial Conference Papers
773			_aNational Seminar on Current Research in Indian Entrepreneurs _dMarch 29-31, 1994
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