Mismatch Between Entrepreneurial Intention and Environment

Abstract

The recent trend of liberalization and technological automation has unquestionably led to shrinking employment opportunities and changes in job orientation. Added to this has been a lack of co-ordination in skill formation and job prospects. According the aspect of self employment through flourishing entrepreneurship development has acquired great importance in recent times. However the concept of entrepreneurship is too complex to be explained by a single set of factors. Combining the definition of Hoselitz, Korzner, Bygrave and Hofer , an entrepreneur can be defined as one who perceives an opportunity and undertakes an initiative to achieve certain objectives with some degree of risk. These three factors viz, initiative to launch something new, drive to attain certain objective and fulfill currently unsatisfied need and taking of risk are supposed to be three main corner stones, based on which entrepreneurship can be said to be blossomed. The blossoming of the process of entrepreneurship is conditioned by demographic, psychological factors and the mental make up to accept challenges motivational attitude etc. These are reflected in the intention of a person to achieve something new. However often there is observed to be a mismatch between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurship environment that dampens the essence of entrepreneurial resourcefulness. In this context it seems pertinent to pursue whether the aforesaid mismatch is operative in the industrial sphere of west Bengal, where there is apparent prospect of developing entrepreneurship spirit. According a survey on the basis of GET test is undertaken in Asansol - Barakar region (in Burdwan District of West Bengal) which sets light on barriers to the development of entrepreneurial resourcefulness in the region based on the aforesaid mismatch.