TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manimala, Mathew J.
TI  - Enterprise support systems : : an international perspective 
SN  - 9788178299273
U1  - 658.421 MAN 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi, India : 
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Entrepreneurship
N1  - 1. Enterprise Support Systems: Nature and Relevance / Mathew J. Manimala, Jay Mitra, Varsha Singh --
Section I. Formative Environment: Economic, Political, Socio-Cultural and Infrastructural Influences --
2. Social Power Bases of Low Country Sinhala Entrepreneurs and Their Innovative Patterns / Travis Perera --
3. Entrepreneurial Intention and Personal Characteristics in Hong Kong Start-ups / K.F. Chan, Theresa Lau, K.Y. Liu --
4. Regional Cluster Formation: A Case Study of the Software Cluster in Birmingham, UK / Jun Li, Jay Mitra --
5. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Indian IT Industry: Contextual Impediments / Abhoy K. Ojha --
6. SME Growth in Networked Ventures: The European Experience / Colin Gray --
7. Sustainable Development through ICT: The Need for Entrepreneurial Action Mathew J. Manimala / Section II. Learning and Education Environment: Linking the Formative and Facilitative Environments --
8. Entrepreneurial Role Models in the Scottish Economy / John Anderson, Colin Bottomley, Sarah Cooper --
9. Comparative Evaluation of the Entrepreneurship Education in Australia and India / Shahid Yamin, Raveendra Nayak --
10. An Experiential Learning Approachto Entrepreneurship Education: A British Initiative / Sarah Cooper, Colin Bottomley, Jillian Gordon --
11. Managerial Competence of Small Business Owners and Managers in Hong Kong / Theresa Lau, K.F. Chan --
12. An Assessment of Business Incubation in Bangalore / K. Kumar --
Section III. Facilitative Environment: Task Facilitation for Innovation, Intrapreneurship and Enterprise Creation --
13. Technology Transfer from R&D Centres in India and Development of Industrial Clusters / Santanu Roy --
14. Demand and Supply of Finance to SMEs within the Cape Metropolitan Area / Christopher May, Andre Stoltz, Sulaiman Gool, Thabit Gool, Abubakar Abdullatief --
15. Failure in NRI Ventures: An Ethical Dilemma / D.V.R. Seshadri --
16. Survival and Growth of High-techSMEs: Some Uncommon Strategies / Vijay Vyas --
17. Strategic and Policy Options in Commercialization of Traditional Knowledge-based Technology / Dheeraj Awasthy, Rakesh Basant, Vivek Gupta --
18. Corporate Venturing Models and Absorptive Capability: A Conceptual Framework / M. Akbar
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