Quick Overview

The concept of ‘enterprise security’, initiated by the ISED Small Enterprise Observatory, is a new addition to the semantics of development studies. An important task of this study is to examine the dimensions of ‘enterprise security’ in the Indian context. What are the salient aspects that explain the problem of security/ insecurity? In order to pin-point these aspects in concrete terms, it is necessary to situate the discussion against the “triple bottom line” principle that guides the global agenda of Sustainable Development today. While a conceptual understanding need to be grounded on some operationally meaningful dimensions, this discussion examines the analytical distinctions, ie., economic, social and environmental dimensions, and the operational criteria of start-up and running and growth stages of an enterprise. It also gives indications on the problem of measurement of the security threat factors. The above discussion, undoubtedly, provides a sound base for deeper empirical analysis on the subject.