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Developmental Aspects of Entrepreneruship by Shivaganesh Bhargava

Review by: P. C. Bansal


Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 44, No. 3, Corporate Social Responsibility (Jan.,
2009), pp. 521-523
Published by: Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
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The final lap of thebook deals with

hardcore

empowerment

strategies.

Women in India, having negotiated the


long

march

to

now

are

equality,

sufficientlyequipped structurallyand

much
but socially
constitutionally
women
remains to be desired.
Strong
non
ever
movements,
expanding
governmental

sector along with the issue

of women gaining high priorityon the


development
agenda of the government
and intense efforts of all to mainstream

an Indian woman
she can make

listen to her voice.

But still she has miles to go before she


feels truly empowered.

titled "Women
Aptly
collation of articles seems

the
Speak",
to be giving a
the society
call to provide
clamoring
with the tools of rethinking, to warrant
a fresh look at current gender

issues.

Kiran Soni Gupta

to
gender has definitely enabled women
Now
emerge from the transitional phase.

DEVELOPMENTAL

is at a threshold where

others

Divisional

Commissioner

Jodhpur

ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENERUSHIP

edited by Shivaganesh Bhargava, Response Business books from


Sage, New Delhi, 2007, 220 pp, Rs. 450s (Hard cover)
papers the book deals with
the various facets of entrepreneurship
of entrepreneurship,
like concept
In eleven

entrepreneurship
structure
capital

and economic

growth,

dynamics,

manufacturing

organisations,

study of
rural
of entre

training
entrepreneurship,
In
preneurs and social entrepreneurship.
the
Rao
identifies
H.R.
his 'Foreword',
that an entrepreneurial
broad challenges
and nation

have

to comfort

en

society
route to entrepreneurial
development.
The 'Preface' stresses the importance of
an enterprising
attitude,
developing
where

social

the

society,
family,
institutions, government and leadership,

all play their role enabling individuals


to gear up their business
for rebuilding
professionally

and enterprises

operations
the nation.

In the opening
paper,
on the need
for
focuses

society to face the contemp


orary challenges of the economy, markets
a little more
With
and environment.
preneurial

pervasive and serious efforts, the govern


entre
ment may facilitate
converting
new
the
efforts
of
generation
preneurial
India as a developed
into establishing
nation

Ishwar

Indian

lournal of Industrial

Relations.

and

Next,
economy.
powerful
that
societal
observes
Dayal

structures
individuals

that function

on freedom

of

consent

are needed

to

and

towards
entre-preneurial
that the most
It is emphasized
to
contribution
entre-preneurial
significant
will be when
corporate
development
contribute

activation.

promotes an entrepreneurial
management
structure in their business practices. Even
in trading or retail sector, their survival
would

The

Bhargava
the entre

depend on innovative

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521

initiatives.

P.C.

L.M.

Bhide

out

points

that

is essentially a capital
entrepreneurship
that it is inter disciplinary
in
concept,

nature, and that the entrepreneur belongs


to an elicit class. Role
of the entre
an
as
risk
taker and
innovator,
preneur
creative

destruct

has

to
given way
and constructive

entrepreneur manager
imitator. The entrepreneur
in the 21st
a
to
will
have
be
socio-entre
century
preneur and entrepreneur
Rao
S.R.
Suchita
and
Prasad

trustee. Next,
ch. S. Durga

argue that despite government


is increasing and
efforts, unemployment
not
as expected.
is
poverty
declining
to
be modelled
in
has
Entrepreneurship
such

a way

agriculture

as

to attract

to other

from
people
sectors.
Parmod

Pathak and Sumya Singh point out that

is fuelled by a need for


entrepreneurship
and it is this need that is
achievement
related to society's

growth. A
for
required

economic
is

holistic

approach
an entrepreneurial
culture
developing
where the society at large is involved in
development.
entrepreneurial
Structure Dynamics,
Capital

in
Next,
Prashanth

and K. Narayan found that


Mahagoankar
the most
important factor determining
leverage and hence the capital structure
is the firm size (age of the organization).

In a study of growth strategy of 17


from
small manufacturing
organisations
Madhya

Pradesh

and

Satyajit Majumdar

business
mance

Maharastra,

found that the

growth aspects
were
correlated.

and

perfor

of the most

backward

Pradesh

The
region.
like sugar, cotton,
are facing a tough

existing
carpet and handloom
resources.
time in marshalling
The
overall ambience
is not entrepreneurship
in crime is a disturbing
friendly. Rise
feature

that may
impede
enterprise in the region.

the spirit of

Ashok K Singh in a study of 100

rural entrepreneurs from four blocks of


two districts of Bihar reported about the

four constraints

faced

by these

enter

prises: socio-personal,
techno-logical,
res
economic
and communicational,
of techno

for non-adoption
logies by the rural people.
that any suitable
suggests

ponsible

The

author

strategy for
of entrepreneurship
should

development
if it can address all
only be successful
these constraints. Next Sita Venka and
S. Chandrasekhar

Reddy

deal with

the

SETWIN model of skilled and need


based

training.

is to develop

Its objective

potential among the rural


to
leading
employment generation

entrepreneurial
youth

in Andhra Pradesh. The

SETWIN

courses

helped
entre-preneurship
development
through training and can be
to enable
used as a vehicle
relatively
resources
to
function
human
productive
effectively
In social

Developing
to manufacture
better
competence
cost
at
the
low
is
major focus
products

However,

years,

and to grow.
the completion
of
with
de-reservation

the case

Utter

industries

writes

to meet

are ready to
P.S. Tripathi

products, the organisations


face competitive challenge.
presents
Eastern

Bansal

and

about
L.V.

in society.

D. John
entrepreneurship,
the efforts of Dr. G.N. Rao
an
to establish
Prasad

institution for comprehensive


The
institute has been able
to see over

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eye care.
over the

out patients

3, Jan. 2009

Book Reviews
and perform over 250000
surgeries.
Besides
other factors, quality of health
services would depend upon the attitude
and need for equity

of service

providers
in the health sector.

the review with a quote


The conti
Kalam.

like to conclude

of Dr APJ Abdul

education
in
nuation of entrepreneurship
schools and colleges, the hassle free flow

of venture capital and evolution


will give momentum

market
In Awakening

within:

the entrepreneurship
ordinary people can create

How

extra ordinary companies


by Michael
Garler and D. Murali note that every one
has the ability to be entrepreneur, all that
is required is a piece of paper, mind and

four
interest to begin. Garler describes
dimensions
of the entrepreneurial
the dreamer, the thinker, the
personality:

story teller and the leader. The dreamer


lives at the centre, his heart on the
mountain top of imagination and creates
there are none at all. The

dreams where

is one

thinker

who

Imparting excitement

thinks

'how'.

growth. The contributors have


to clarify
the
of
concept
his
in
and
role
entrepreneurship
national
tried

establishing
Probably,
the growth
business

or

so

micro
itwould

and small enterprises.


be of interest to study

of entrepreneurs
and their
for a period of about ten years
to facilitate
for entre
factors

preneurship. The book will be of interest


to a wide variety of readers, teachers and
HR executives
students of management,
and general
readers alike. The contri
butors to this volume deserve
compli
ments for their endeavour.

to the story is the

job of story teller who digs into the


dreamer's

formulation
dimension
dream

vision

and

of that vision.
(The

P.C.

thinker's

The

Hindu

Bansal

Former Scientist

fourth

is the leader who moves

forward.

of good
for the

Defence

the

Research &Development
Organisation
New Delhi

Business

Line July7, 2008). The reviewerwould

URBANIZATION
OF INDIA by N.T.K. Naik & S. Mansoor
Rahman, Serial Publications, New Delhi, 2007,211pp, Rs. 550.
With theforecast that50% of India's
total population will
by 2050 urbanization

live in urban areas


process

assumes

This calls
higher than urban population.
for serious attention as supply of urban
infrastructure

demand

significance.

The urban population in India is

increasing at much faster rate than the


But rate of growth of
total population.
is alarmingly
slum population
much

The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations,

lags behind

thereby affecting

the exploding
local product

ivity. Spatial population


growth rate is a
as
as
well
of future
symptom
warning
course of urbanisation. The authors have
concentrated
definitions

Vol. 44, No.

on various meaning
and
of the terms related to urban

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