With the economic downturn, entrepreneurial opportunities for young and old innovators have got further squeezed. Even earlier, there was hardly any fund to invest in creative ideas of young students, self-employed people or even professionals who had ideas and sometime even the proof of concept which could make a difference. Despite numerous attempts, I could not convince the members … Continue reading
Europe is going through a tough time, a lot of questions which were never asked are being asked. But when the euro-zone is becoming suspect, the deficit is expanding, the social disaffection with politicians is increasing, the debate is becoming more intense. The unemployment rate in the South has gone up to 30-40 per cent … Continue reading
A one-day workshop is held at IIM Ahmedabad on 28th January 2013 bringing together experts and contributors from IITB, Mindtree, CTS, Code4Cause, GE, MIT and the Honey Bee Network to take the Techpedia.in innovation and collaboration platform to the next level. Techpedia.in was initiatied by SRISTI in 2009 and has up to date pooled more … Continue reading
While conducting a literature review on the informal economy, I came across a very interesting research paper “Can the Hidden Economy Be Revolutionary? Toward a Dialectical Analysis of the Relations Between Formal and Informal Economies”. It was published in 1988 by Stuart Henry in the journal Social Justice (Vol. 15, No.3-4). What caughte my attention, … Continue reading
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