{"title":"Understanding Startup Entrepreneurs: Empirical Research of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Empowerment","authors":"S. Shivhare, V. Shunmugasundaram, Nupur Kuhar","doi":"10.1177/09708464241254163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241254163","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurship is important for economic progress, but sustainable business practices are necessary for long-term success. The factors influencing sustainable business practices in new businesses include entrepreneurial values, available resources and market demand for sustainability. This research focuses on exploring how economic, social and environmental sustainability factors impact the empowerment of startup entrepreneurs in India. By analysing these variables, the study aims to provide valuable insights into entrepreneurship in India. To achieve its objective, this study used survey techniques and collected data from 384 startup entrepreneurs in India through formal standardised questionnaires. The detailed profile obtained from the survey was used to evaluate the study’s objective. The study used quantitative methods to analyse primary data and answer research questions related to the significance of sustainability factors in the empowerment of startupreneurs. The analysis showed that a higher focus on economic sustainability is linked to better success and innovation among startups. Additionally, environmental sustainability was found to have a significant impact on startup entrepreneurs’ empowerment. The research concludes that economic and environmental sustainability factors are significant for the empowerment of startupreneurs in India. The findings provide insights into startups to succeed and maintain a competitive edge while contributing to socio-economic development.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141369728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enterprises Among Scheduled Castes in India: An Emerging Scenario","authors":"I. D. Rajesh","doi":"10.1177/09708464241254162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241254162","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the characteristics of entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India using the 5th (2005) and 6th (2013) Economic Census data of the Central Statistical Office. The study employs the method of shift-share analysis to compare the growth of the enterprises at all India levels with that of SC-owned enterprises. The analysis reveals that the number of SC-owned enterprises has been increasing, with a significantly higher rate of change compared to the previous period. However, the prevalence of under-representation of SCs in the business field continues. The wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing and livestock are the three major activities in which SCs were concentrated. The emergence of new SC entrepreneurs has been influenced by several motivational factors, while there are also several factors that have a negative impact on the existence of SC entrepreneurs.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"36 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Credit Access Towards MSMEs: \u2028An Investigation of Banker’s Perspectives","authors":"Greeshma S. Nair, Nikita Gopal","doi":"10.1177/09708464241247874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241247874","url":null,"abstract":"Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which are business activity units that run businesses in several fields, are vital for the economies of several countries. Credit access (CA) is regarded as an important matter for MSMEs’ growth in the development and sustainable growth of MSMEs. In the financial sectors, the government’s role via policies like augmenting MSMEs’ credit becomes completely significant. For evaluating CA towards MSMEs in Kerala, this study was developed. Analysing the challenges in accessing credit in MSMEs is the aim. For evaluating the outcomes, a simple random sampling methodology was deployed. In Kerala, the impact of credit knowledge was significant on MSMEs’ CA. As per the outcomes, a greater probability of augmenting loan access is engendered by the factor of challenges in attaining private equity funding and high lending interest rate.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"57 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141016696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Empirical Study on Customer Perception Towards Digital \u2028Marketing in the Banking Sector","authors":"Nishita Pruthi, Rohit Bansal","doi":"10.1177/09708464241247877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241247877","url":null,"abstract":"For marketers, the digital world offers a plethora of novel opportunities. Marketing in the modern day is all about relationships, involvement and relevancy. Digital marketing is the practice of marketers promoting goods and services through electronic media. The main objective of this study is to study the perception of customers towards digital marketing strategies implemented in the banking sector. Data were gathered from 535 banking customers by transmitting the questionnaire via Google Forms and handing out printed copies of the questionnaire. Results suggested that customers perceive digital marketing strategies as informative, interactive, entertaining and trustworthy but not offensive and personalised. Further, it was found that there is no significant difference among customers of different educational levels and occupations regarding customer perception towards digital marketing while a significant difference was found among customers based on age and income level. This analysis adds a great deal to the body of knowledge on marketing and has useful implications for marketing professionals as comprehending the perception of customers towards digital marketing may assist them in anticipating the usage of digital marketing.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"38 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140657475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Business Analytics in Steel Product Fabrication Cluster","authors":"E. Bhaskaran","doi":"10.1177/09708464241233023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241233023","url":null,"abstract":"Forty micro and small steel products manufacturing enterprises in Salem District of Tamil Nadu, South India faced problems in value addition of the steel products like windows, grill gates, truss work and panel boards manufactured by them. They formed M/s Salem Steel Cluster Pvt Ltd; Salem, a special purpose vehicle, in 2012 by getting funds from the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Government of India through the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation under Micro Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India. The objective is to find the physical and financial performance of the Steel Product Fabrication Cluster (SPFC) before and after Cluster Development Approach (CDA) to find the productivity of the cluster by taking independent variables like number of units, employment and production and dependent variable like turnover, and to find the performance of SPFC before and after CDA. To find business analytics models like Diagnostic Analytics, Descriptive Analytics, Inferential Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Prescriptive Analytics and Decision Analytics. The methodology adopted is by collecting primary data like number of units, employment in numbers, production in crores and turnover in crores before and after CDA and analysing using Compound Annual Growth Rate, Descriptive Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Trend Analysis, Regression Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling and T-Test. There is a Difference in Difference between controlled units which have not adopted CDA and experimental units which have adopted CDA, where there is an increase in number of units, employment, profit and turnover. To conclude, there is an increase in number of units, employment, production and turnover after CDA when compared to before CDA, which leads to an increase in productivity thereby Sustainable Development Goals of 1, 4, 5, 8 and 9 are achieved.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140228834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of Nurses’ Talent \u2028Retention in MSME-run Home Healthcare Centre in Chennai","authors":"Ganesh Kannan, K. Arockiam, R. Murali","doi":"10.1177/09708464241233022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241233022","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to identify the elements accountable for retaining talent among home healthcare nurses in Chennai. The researchers adopted a descriptive approach. The sample size of this research study is 217 respondents who are nurses from the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) corporate centre at Nandanam, covering its areas within Chennai city. The tool used for this study purpose was the questionnaire, consisting of eight constructs: training, compensation, cohesion, autonomy, workload, non-monetary benefits, nurses’ satisfaction and nurses’ retention. The socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, qualification, annual income, employment type, experience, marital status and designation were considered. Data analysis was done using SPSS 21.0. The reliability measures ensured the consistency of the data set. Percentage analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and multiple regression are the statistical tests used. Important discussions were given in the article related to the Indian healthcare sector.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"13 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140412533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Financial Literacy of Microentrepreneurs and its Effect on the Business Performance and Innovativeness: Empirical Evidence from India","authors":"Rashika Kumari, V. C. Sharma, Mohd Adnan","doi":"10.1177/09708464241233025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464241233025","url":null,"abstract":"Micro-entrepreneurs are the strategic assets of the nation, given their mammoth share in maintaining the socio-economic equilibrium and inclusive growth of the economy. Despite their contribution to India’s economy, they are still confronted with several on-ground hurdles, such as inadequate financial literacy among entrepreneurs, inaccessibility to affordable credit, financial mismanagement and lack of innovation. The extant literature has revealed that financial illiteracy and lack of innovation have raised pertinent concerns across the world, given the increasing rate of business failures. Nonetheless, the effect of financial literacy on organisational performance and innovativeness remains underexplored and fragmented. This study aims to examine the effect of financial literacy on the business performance and innovativeness of the micro-entrepreneurs in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) in India. Primary data were gathered from around 302 micro-entrepreneurs registered in Delhi-NCR through self-administered questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted through SmartPLS 4 software. The results indicated that financial literacy significantly impacts business performance and innovativeness among micro-entrepreneurs. Therefore, the study advocates wider participation of policymakers, financial service providers and managers in designing tailored strategies aimed to enhance the financial education of micro-entrepreneurs.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"16 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140411368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Public Sector Value-based Management: Effect of the Digital Matrix on the Optimisation of Resources for Micro-organisations","authors":"Walter Amedzro St-Hilaire","doi":"10.1177/09708464231223485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464231223485","url":null,"abstract":"This article empirically evaluates the effect of the digital matrix on the value base of public sector micro-organisations. The results indicate that the digital matrix is a factor that optimising the value base of government start-ups and has a significant impact on their productivity and performance. Indeed, the optimisation of resources, generated by the digital matrix, leads to business performance and operational efficiency at the strategic planning level. The interconnection between the matrix and the value chain favours the technical flexibility of operationalisation strategies in the value-based public sector micro-organisations’ management. Thus, the matrix allows young public sector micro-organisations to optimise their resources for a greater appropriation of the value created.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"97 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139794697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Public Sector Value-based Management: Effect of the Digital Matrix on the Optimisation of Resources for Micro-organisations","authors":"Walter Amedzro St-Hilaire","doi":"10.1177/09708464231223485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464231223485","url":null,"abstract":"This article empirically evaluates the effect of the digital matrix on the value base of public sector micro-organisations. The results indicate that the digital matrix is a factor that optimising the value base of government start-ups and has a significant impact on their productivity and performance. Indeed, the optimisation of resources, generated by the digital matrix, leads to business performance and operational efficiency at the strategic planning level. The interconnection between the matrix and the value chain favours the technical flexibility of operationalisation strategies in the value-based public sector micro-organisations’ management. Thus, the matrix allows young public sector micro-organisations to optimise their resources for a greater appropriation of the value created.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139854886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Workplace Competencies on Organisational Effectiveness: Personal Effectiveness as a Mediator in MSMEs of Manipur","authors":"Jianguanglung Dangmei, A. Singh","doi":"10.1177/09708464231209454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464231209454","url":null,"abstract":"The necessity for understanding workplace competencies and personal effectiveness has arisen as a result of the rising pressure on employees to adapt to the changing nature of work and enterprises to remain competitive in the marketplace. In this context, employers need to identify the factors impacting work performance to achieve organisational effectiveness. Organisational effectiveness is one of the most significant organisational goals practically for all firms in every industry. Organisations create several strategies to compete with rivals and to improve organisational performance in order to achieve business success. No organisation can advance or be successful unless and until its employees are competent to complete duties and achieve goals. Therefore, the current study makes an effort to comprehend the significance of workplace competencies and personal effectiveness on organisational effectiveness in the micro, small and medium enterprises of Manipur. This study finds that workplace competencies have a significant effect on the organisational effectiveness and also ascertains that personal effectiveness acts as a positive mediator in the workplace.","PeriodicalId":147014,"journal":{"name":"SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal): A worldwide window on MSME Studies","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139619208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}