The field of entrepreneurship is gaining acceptability among the youth of India. While the initiation, funding and success and failure of a start-up have been studied extensively, the entrepreneurial ecosystem that support, nurture and prepare entrepreneurs requires further examination. One such component of this ecosystem is the institutes of higher education that play a crucial role in preparing the future entrepreneurs of India. Though there seems to be a need for education programmes specifically designed to expand students’ skills in entrepreneurship, there is limited research on the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of students in India. In this article, we discuss the impact of implicit and explicit ways through which the entrepreneurship education in the institutes of higher education can influence EI among students in India. On the basis of the extant literature, the focus of this article is anchored in the four different aspects of EI among students: (a) Ability to have a grand vision (GVS); (b) Intentions to exploit opportunities (OEX); (c) Perseverance and operational focus (POF) and (d) Willingness to take risk (RST). In general, it is observed that the presence of EI is greater among students pursuing major in studies on entrepreneurship, whereas business students are mostly trained towards exploring the risk-taking component of EI.

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While every new technology faces multiple challenges during market penetration, some technologies could be viewed by the adopters very differently than most others. The 3D Printing also called as Additive Manufacturing (AM), has been in the market for over a decade now, and is touted to be the next revolution in the industry. Technology has found wide applications in various industries, such as consumer electronics, automotive, medical devices, manufacturing and among many others. However, less is known with regards to the adoption and diffusion of 3D Printing technology, especially from the emerging economies. Using a survey method, this study aims to examine the adoption of 3D Printing technology in select industries in India. We found Relative Advantage, Ease of Use and Trialability to be significant. Whereas, Compatibility and Observability emerged as non-significant. We also explored the challenges with respect to 3D Printing Adoption. The knowledge of the major challenges along with the significant factors affecting adoption can help the manufacturers and suppliers of 3D Printing technology to focus on for increasing the rate of adoption.

Organizations in project networks often integrate specialized knowledge that resides within participants in the network to undertake collaborative ventures. Thus, knowledge integration forms an important aspect of any knowledge management process. Knowledge integration in past studies has been conceptualized as laddering up from knowledge identification to knowledge acquisition to knowledge utilization. However, this study reveals that on the basis of three knowledge typologies-object-based knowledge, professional knowledge, and coordinating knowledge-the process of knowledge integration progresses from knowledge identification to knowledge coordination to knowledge utilization. This study was carried out as an embedded case study of a large project network (TAXNET) comprising nine actors (i.e. firms). It was designed as a longitudinal study to be conducted in two phases, data being collected through in-depth interviews, non-obtrusive observations, and a diary. Other sources of information were minutes of meetings, e-mails, and company records. The contribution of this study lies in the fact that knowledge integration within project networks has not been fully explored in past studies. Hence, the revelation that actors in a project network do not need to acquire knowledge that is not available in-house but rather collaborate and coordinate with each other to draw on specialized knowledge that resides within other actors of the project network is unique. An important implication would therefore be that while establishing project networks, managers should be more cognizant that there are different types of knowledge and that the success of collaborative ventures would be determined by how knowledge is identified, coordinated, or used.

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