Title: Creating an entrepreneurship milieu for electronics and information technology industries

Authors: N. Dayasindhu

Addresses: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, FPM Office, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076, India

Abstract: This paper attempts to provide a theory for creating an entrepreneurship milieu that nurtures the formation of new organisations in electronics and information technology industries. It is based on sociological and knowledge management theories. The success stories of global leadership in the microelectronics industry in Silicon Valley, USA and the semiconductor industry in Hsinchu Industrial Park, Taiwan provide the empirical testing ground for the theory. Based on this theory, the action plan for nurturing an entrepreneurship milieu in the software industry in Bangalore, India are policies to foster inter-organisation relationships, human resources development, infrastructure development and a champion who can provide a visionary leadership.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; knowledge transfer; embeddedness; knowledge management; semiconductor industry; microelectronics industry; software industry; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2003.003936

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2003 Vol.3 No.5/6, pp.435 - 446

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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