Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Tech Start-ups in India - M H Bala Subrahmanya Gebunden

Why do tech start-ups emerge rapidly in emerging economies like India? What kind of entrepreneurial ecosystems have evolved for tech start-up promotion? What is their structure? What role do they play in the nurturing of tech start-ups to the advantage of regional economies? This book examines the trend of evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems for tech start-ups in India ascertains its structure and examines its role in the nurturing of tech start-ups over its lifecycle to bring out its implications for Indian economy. At the outset it traces and conceptualizes what it terms an ideal ecosyste m for tech start-ups in the Indian context and explores the historical evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems in two of the six leading start-up hubs in the country namely Bangalore and Hyderabad. It describes the characteristics and the structure of these ecosystems as they prevailed in the two start-up hubs and analyses the role that they play in nurturing the development of tech start-ups. Finally this book explores the ecosystem gaps that exist in the two cities the factors causing these gaps and makes policy recommendations to encourage the growth of a healthy and vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem for the accelerated growth of tech start-ups in these two cities in particular to promote employment innovation and economic growth in the country at large. Policy makers researchers engineering and management students technology and business mentors angels venture capitalists and MNC executives will find the book informative revealing and a source of valuable insights into a new rapidly emerging entrepreneurial India.