Economic history bears evidences to confirm that entrepreneurship development is a pre-condition for industrial and economic development of any economy. That is why countries world over including India have been emphasizing on entrepreneurship development. Started since 1971, India's Entrepreneurship Development Programme, famously known as EDPs, has by now emerged as a movement and is being adopted by some of the developing countries of Asia and Africa.
Realizing that the younger minds are more susceptible to mould and change, entrepreneurship as a subject has been offered in the course curricula right from school level to the higher education. Since the publication of the Seventh Edition of the book titled ‘Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management’, some significant changes taken place in the industrial economy of India have necessitated revising the subject matter to make the book, most presumptuous and contemporary.

Salient Features

Each chapter opens with theme-based quotation as a window to peep into the subject matter discussed in the chapter.
Each chapter begins with the specific learning objectives as takeaways from the chapter to arouse interest among the students / readers.
The emerging topics in the domain of entrepreneurship are included to make the book all-encompassing and contemporary.
The subject matter is presented in a lucid and easy to understand style.
The complex and difficult topics are elaborated in an easily understandable manner with relevant cases in an anecdotal style.
The questions are given at the end of each chapter to enable the students to recapitulate all what they have learnt from the chapter.

Contents :

Part I
Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship
Women Entrepreneurship
Tourism Entrepreneurship
Rural Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs)
Entrepreneurial Motivation
Part II
Business: Its Nature and Scope
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
Establishing a Micro and Small Enterprise (Steps in Setting up a Business Venture)
Small Enterprises (MSMEs) in International Business
Family Business in India
Start-ups
Part III
Business Incubators, Accelerators and Angel Investors
Forms of Ownership
Financing of Small Business
Lease Financing and Hire-Purchase
Management Process in Small Business
Working Capital Management
Purchasing and Inventory Management
Production and Operations Management
Issues in Small Business Marketing
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Profit Planning and Budgeting
Accounting for Small Business
Growth Strategies for Small Business Enterprises
Office Organization for Micro and Small Enterprises
Institutional Assistance to Small Enterprises
Policy Support to Micro and Small Enterprises
Legal Framework for Small Business