This paper documents a unique experiment in micro enterprise development that has been underway in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for the past three decades. Inspired by the Gandhian economic philosophy of ’gram ...

Small firm clusters have come to occupy a significant space in the discussions on industrialisation strategies, especially in the context of less-developed regions. This paper reviews a select set of literature on European, ...

Why study entrepreneurs? Is the presence of a class of entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurial personalities, the critical scarce resource which makes development possible or inevitable? Or will entrepreneurs emerge anywhere, ...

This paper takes a closer look at the problems of petty producers belonging to traditional artisan communities in Gujarat, India. Broadbasing of entrepreneurship being one of the cardinal objectives of the entrepreneurship ...

This study profiles women entrepreneurs who own and manage small- to mediumsized enterprises in two southern Indian states-Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Based on their reasons for starting a business, the women are classified ...