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A Study on Factors Responsible for Growth of Entrepreneurship in North East India with Special Reference to Tripura


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1 Centre for Studies in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tripura University, Tripura, India
2 Department of Business Management, Tripura University, Tripura, India
     

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The Entrepreneurship process is established throughout the world as successful tool for social and economic development of rural people. Multiple factors are responsible for propagating entrepreneurship such as motivation and individual skill, social and cultural environment where entrepreneurship is fostered and the challenges or problems one entrepreneur is facing. This study is an endeavor towards assessing the impact of multiple factors on entrepreneurial growth and it has also highlighted the significant factors having influencing relationships within. The study has come out with findings that, multiple factors play significant role for the growth of rural entrepreneurship rather individual factors which has a lesser impact on growth.

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Entrepreneurship Growth, Motivation, Socio-Culture, Skill, Problems.
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Authors

Rajesh Chatterjee
Centre for Studies in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tripura University, Tripura, India
Debarshi Mukherjee
Department of Business Management, Tripura University, Tripura, India
Amit Kr. Deb
Centre for Studies in Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tripura University, Tripura, India

Abstract


The Entrepreneurship process is established throughout the world as successful tool for social and economic development of rural people. Multiple factors are responsible for propagating entrepreneurship such as motivation and individual skill, social and cultural environment where entrepreneurship is fostered and the challenges or problems one entrepreneur is facing. This study is an endeavor towards assessing the impact of multiple factors on entrepreneurial growth and it has also highlighted the significant factors having influencing relationships within. The study has come out with findings that, multiple factors play significant role for the growth of rural entrepreneurship rather individual factors which has a lesser impact on growth.

Keywords


Entrepreneurship Growth, Motivation, Socio-Culture, Skill, Problems.

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