Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurship

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Entrepreneurship and small scale industries. 2. Socio-economic origins of entrepreneurs. 3. Entrepreneurial motivation and ambitions. 4. Promotion of enterprises. 5. Performance and growth of entrepreneurs. 6. Problems encountered by enterprises. 7. Findings of the study and suggestions. Bibliography. Index.

"About the book entrepreneurship is considered as an important prerequisite for economic development. Entrepreneurs, who imbue the quality of entrepreneurship, play a major role not only in organizing production, but in a broader sense, promote the process of economic development. History of economic development of all societies, developed our underdeveloped, bears evidence to the fact that entrepreneurs have made significant contribution to this respect. Entrepreneurship development has been accepted in India as s strategy for achieving the twin objectives of solving the problem of unemployment, particularly among the educated unemployed youths and also for rapid industrialization.

The present book which is based on empirical research findings will be very useful to researchers, students and teachers of commerce, economics and management in the country." (jacket)