Tobias Aberle examines how an entrepreneurship training helps disadvantaged youths in rural parts of Bihar, India, to cope with structural conditions that enable or constrain them. The present research reveals that young entrepreneurs can be divided into two groups: those who developed personal initiative and thus coped with limiting structural conditions very proactively, and those who solely behaved in a reactive way. For many entrepreneurs, the self-employed activity was only a Plan B, as in reality they sought for high-prestige career jobs. IFor entrepreneurship training to become a tool of empowerment, the range of training must be significantly adjusted in accordance with young trainees’ social and educational backgrounds. In addition, a functioning ecosystem for entrepreneurship education must be in place, which ensures support for individual entrepreneurs through mentorship and networks.

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Heidelberg, Germany

Tobias Aberle

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Tobias Aberle holds a PhD in Geography and has devoted much of his research as well as voluntary commitment to India, making him a well-grounded expert for processes of social development in India and beyond.

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Book Title: Entrepreneurship Training in Rural Parts of Bihar/India
Book Subtitle: Opportunities of Empowering Disadvantaged Youth
Authors: Tobias Aberle
Series Title: Perspektiven der Humangeographie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30008-1
Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-30007-4Published: 12 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-30008-1Published: 11 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2524-3381
Series E-ISSN: 2524-339X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geography, general, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

The Research Question

Methodology

The Field Survey in Bihar, India

Analysis

Conclusions

Back Matter

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