Entrepreneurship is the solution to solve a problem of unemployment in any economy. Normally, we think of Technology innovations, we think of Engineers from top Technology Institutions. But innovations may also come from Grassroots people. This paper gives the Case study of Nature Technocrats – small business firm of Arvindbhai who has been supported by GIAN (Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network), Technology Business Incubator for Grassroots Innovations in India. In India, there are many Technology Business Incubation centers but approach of GIAN is unique as it supports Grassroots innovators. This paper has come out of a larger study with Research design: Multiple Embedded Descriptive Case Study. The process of GIAN with unique mechanism of commercializing the Grassroots innovations is described. The problems in this area are also described. This case study may inspire other agencies in India or other countries too for working in the area of Grassroots innovations to Techno-entrepreneurship. Keywords: Grassroots innovations; Technology innovations; Techno-Entrepreneurship; GIAN; Technology Transfer.
Increased female entrepreneurial activity heralds a progress for women’s rights and optimization of their economic and social living index. Women entrepreneurship is synonymous with women empowerment. Parallel to the male counterparts, female entrepreneurs are catalytic in job creation, innovation and more than tangible contribution to the GNP of the country. An economy thrives when women get a level playing field as men. Innovation works as a catalyst or an instrument for Entrepreneurship. Indian Women, despite all the social hurdles stand tall from the rest of the crowd and are applauded for their achievements in their respective field. The transformation of social fabric of the Indian society, in terms of increased educational status of women and varied aspirations for better living, necessitated a change in the life style of Indian women. This paper endeavors to explore studies related to Women Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India. Few examples from Gujarat, India have been taken to understand the study in a better way. Keywords: Women Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; India; Economy; Gujarat.
Abstract-Entrepreneurship is very crucial for every economy. While talking about Entrepreneurship, most of the people mainly focus on various aspects of business but forget about tendency towards entrepreneurial traits or characteristics. Enterprising Tendency is one of the most important parts of an Entrepreneurship. The aim of the paper is to study tendency towards entrepreneurial characteristics of entrepreneurs. In this paper, the comparative study of an Enterprising Tendency with the help of General Enterprising Tendency Test (GETT) and four cases in Gujarat, India was presented. The GETT was conducted on four lead entrepreneurs of the select cases. The result of the same are listed in the paper. The tendency towards characteristics of the entrepreneurs is also judged subjectively through analysis of the cases. Hence, both objective and subjective analysis are matched in the paper. The results show that there is considerable matching between both. This paper would be useful to understand importance and behavior of tendency towards entrepreneurial characteristics which are required to be a successful entrepreneur.
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