After the banking industries started lending to micro, small, and medium industries (MSME), state financial corporations (SFC) were written off as developmental financial institutions. Over the years, SFCs have eroded even their net worth and were found to be constrained for performance because...

This paper provides a review of literature on entrepreneurship and related schools of thought. It examines the research findings relating to the effect of various macroeconomic and microeconomic factors on entry, exit and success of entrepreneurs. It also critically examines classification of...

Considering the contributions of Micro-Small-&-Medium Enterprises (MSME) for a regional-economy, an empirical study of 213 MSM entrepreneurs in Odisha, in eastern India, was conducted to validate and verify various causal-relationships of socio-economic factors associated with...