01856nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245011700055210006900172260004200241300001000283490000600293520113900299653002501438653002301463653001001486653001301496653001601509100001901525700002201544700002401566856003601590       2014                        eng d  a1927-032100aPerceived Environmental Uncertainty for Startups: A Note on Entrepreneurship Research from an Indian Perspective0 aPerceived Environmental Uncertainty for Startups A Note on Entre  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/2014  a27-350 v43 aIn an entrepreneurship environment, understanding uncertainty is critical to startups because it is directly related to the context of decision making. In an emerging country such as India, uncertainties are more predominant due to the very nature of the emerging country, which is characterized by an underdeveloped institutional setup, a lack of protection for legal and intellectual property rights, underdeveloped factor markets, and high transaction costs. In this article, a systematic review of the existing literature on environment and uncertainty in an entrepreneurial, emerging-economy context identifies a gap of a new scale for perceived environmental uncertainty. Three primary contributions are made by this research. First, a literature review for existing uncertainty scales and their evaluation in the context of emerging countries is provided. Second, the research identifies a gap in the uncertainty measurement literature that is relevant to emerging economies. Finally, this study proposes a future research scope that can bridge the identified gap by exploring the factors of uncertainty in emerging countries. 10abusiness environment10aemerging economies10aIndia10astartups10auncertainty1 aGhosh, Susmita1 aBhowmick, Bhaskar1 aGuin, Kalyan, Kumar  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/820