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Leadership Is about Creating Conditions for Others to
do and be Their Best!
-- Didier Marlier
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SPECIAL ISSUE
Prospective Entrepreneurs: Plan for the Challenges Ahead
-- Joel R Evans
Though very high level of motivation and an innovative concept for a business
are great building blocks for budding entrepreneurs, they are not nearly enough
to prosper in the highly competitive marketplace of 2010 and beyond. Becoming
a successful entrepreneur—and growing that start-up business over a
longer horizon—requires many diverse skills and a thorough approach.
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Strategies for Developing Entrepreneurs: Nature or Nurture?
-- Mary Kay Copeland
This article is centered around a compilation of research and
literature contributed by many of the leading entrepreneurial researchers and
educators from around the world. The summary identifies entrepreneurial
characteristics identified in successful entrepreneurs and corresponding recommendations
on how to nurture those attributes through effective entrepreneurial studies.
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Essential Skills for Young Entrepreneurs
-- Neeta Baporikar
This article focuses on understanding the essential skills required for
young entrepreneurs—especially the successful ones. Before we proceed further, let
us take a brief look at what we mean by essential skills.
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Honing Entrepreneurial Skills: Role of B-Schools
-- Mahima Rai
During the past decade or two, there has been a paradigm shift in the thinking
of youth. The change has been prompted by the unemployment crisis all over
the world. Today, one believes in creating opportunities for oneself. In India
too, entrepreneurship as a career option is picking up fast with students
across various B-Schools and is gradually being accepted as an alternative
career choice. B-Schools are also adapting to play the new role expected of them.
This article discusses the role B-Schools can and must play in
developing entrepreneurial skills, so badly needed today, across organizations.
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Entrepreneurs:
Born or Made?
-- N V Jayaraman
Beyond redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur, B-Schools must alter
their curricula in order to produce entrepreneurial leaders. This article provides
some insights about honing the skills of B-School students.
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MBA@Entrepreneurship
-- Vissapragada Srinivas
Entrepreneurship is not a natural phenomenon. It is a skill that can be
developed and expanded. Entrepreneurial activities are substantially different
from employment. A job seeker doesn't need any capital, whereas
entrepreneurship requires venture capital.
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Entrepreneurship: A Self-employment Career
-- Kamaleswar Deka
In recent times, entrepreneurship has become a serious area of study. It
is considered to be a means for creating wealth, generating employment
and providing new and better goods and services. Developing the spirit
of entrepreneurship among people has become vital because the government
alone cannot provide jobs for all the unemployed youth and the corporate sector
can provide limited jobs only to the best—and that too without any job security.
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The Importance of HRM in Small and Medium Enterprises: Entrepreneurs Take Note
-- Ronald Burke and Parbudyal Singh
The typical entrepreneurial venture starts small. For it to survive, prosper
and grow, a number of skills are required, one of which is managing people and
using HRM practices that support high performance.
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Institutional Support forEntrepreneurship Development: A Review
-- S Muralikrishna
Educational Institutions, including Engineering Colleges, B-Schools
and Polytechnics, have to play a pivotal role in making successful entrepreneurs.
They should establish a wide and comprehensive curriculum to emphasize the need
for developing entrepreneurial skills and talent among the students/graduates.
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Entrepreneurs: The Backbone for a Nation's Development
-- N Uma Devi and J Munna Lal
This article discusses the qualities and some insights of hero entrepreneurs,
who drive innovation and efficiency in the economic system of a country.
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An Insight into
Entrepreneurship in India
-- Savanam Chandra Sekhar
The spirit of entrepreneurship in India is necessity-driven, rather
than opportunity-driven. The major hurdle in the growth of Indian entrepreneurship
is the lack of access to risk capital for first-generation businesses. The
best ecosystem for promotion of entrepreneurship is to introduce industrial
incubators in engineering colleges. In the future, entrepreneurship in India would
be conservation-oriented and involved in building robust local economies.
This article discusses the orientation required for entrepreneur to withstand
today's competitive environment.
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Doing Business in the
Sultanate of Oman
-- Manishankar Chakraborty
Global economies are witnessing sharp changes, courtesy the
turbulence witnessed during the bouts of recession. Some of the established economies
are finding it difficult to move on, thereby losing the confidence of investors. On
the contrary, some other economies are able to withstand these crises and
drive along full throttle, owing to their strong fundamentals and business vision.
This rubs onto the investors as they are constantly on the lookout for zones which
can provide symbiotic growth for themselves, as well as the economy. The Sultanate
of Oman is one such investor-friendly economy. This article portrays the
destination from an entrepreneur's perspective.
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