Entrepreneurial Supply among the Underprivileged in an Underdeveloped Region- A Case Study of Odisha

Abstract

The socio-economic factors such as the economic background of members, their affiliations to social sub-groups, cultural back ground, business ethics, inter alia influence the supply of entrepreneurship in a particular region. Moreover, absence of social marginality in an underdeveloped region acts as a hindrance to entrepreneurial behavior. Odisha is such a backward region in India which has exhibited some sign of entrepreneurial orientation among social groups as revealed from MSME and Economic Census data. The present study aims at examining the nature of entrepreneurship of this region.