ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a touchstone for identifying whether lessons from future studies made of the United States or other advanced economies should be taken into account when thinking about the Indian context. It explores the spatial determinants of local entrepreneurship for Indian manufacturing and services. The chapter describes the spatial and industrial factors that are used to predict entrepreneurship. It deals with an input-output table for India developed by the Central Statistical Organisation. The chapter explains to a special issue regarding local firm size distribution, building upon a literature that traces back to at least the work of P. S. Johnson and D. G. Cathcart. It analyses the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. Effective entrepreneurship will play a key role in job growth for India, the development of a strong manufacturing base, and the transition of people out of subsistence living and the informal sector.
