Unmasking Invisible Challenges in Entrepreneurship: Five Game Changer Models

This book is divided into five chapters across three sections comprising Genesis, the Game Changers, and the Entrepreneurial Transformation. Based on the core arguments discussed above, Chapter 1 discusses the genesis of change in the context of changing global trends within industry 5.0 and technology ecosystem. The attributes of industry 5.0 in the context of technology transfer for development of micro, small, and medium enterprises have been discussed in this chapter with focus on achieving market competitiveness. The current status of local enterprises within the niche market space has been discussed in the context of family business system and operational ecosystem comprising manufacturing processes, technology, and innovation. This chapter also discusses ways to enable transitional enterprises to evolve with a competitive market-place and rapidly changing hybrid entrepreneurial domains. In addition, discussion on innovation and technology, technology-intensive enterprises, and public policies is also central to their discussion in this chapter.5 Systems thinking in entrepreneurship encourages continuous learning and skill development to match with changing preferences of consumers and market competition. Applying systems thinking within the social and stakeholder ecosystem offers applied learning to firms, which enables them to enhance social proximity and systematically break the chaotic information to synthesize crowd-based business model