What is Enterpreneurship?
Innovative
Creative
Risk taking
Small business
Important aspects of Entrepreneurship
Opportunity recognition
types
New Products
New Services
New production techniques
New operating practices
Out of the box thinking
Creating a new market(e.g., smartphone)
Innovation
Commercialisation of an idea
Types
Technical
Social
Enconomic
Creativity
Is a skill
Enables innovation
Importance of Enterprises
Wealth creation
Flexible
Responsive
Employment
Healthy competition
Factors/Influences
Source of Finance
Capital requirements
Permanent capital
Working capital
Asset
International trade
Internal Source
Retained profits
Family & Friends
External Source
Debt
Equity
Equity market
Venture Capitalists
Networking
Advantages
Common problems/solutions can be shared
Business credibility gained by being member of commercial networks
Chance of creating new opportunities and partnerships
Disadvantages
Costs time and money
Could lead to idea duplication
Age and Experience
Age 20-34
34.8%
26.2%
Age 35-44
27%
24.2%
Age 45-54
23.9%
26.3%
Age 55-64
14.3%
23.4%
Orientation
Extent to which a firm is entrepreneurial is referred to as "Entrepreneurial Orientation"
Key components
Risk taking
Proactiveness
Innovativeness
Competitive agressiveness
Autonomy
Types of Enterprises
Ethnic
Reason
Increase in Immigration across the globe
Types
Asian
African
European
Advantages
Cater to special needs of ethnic group
Bring out the best of their group
Disadvantages
Growth can be limited
Family
Inherited
Owned and run usually by close family members
Social
Focus on helping society
Driven by
personal experiences
Urge to solve social problems
Making profit is secondary
International
Present in more than one country
Challenges
Difference in Government Policies
Political stability
Cultural differences
Currency fluctuations
Enabler
Technology
Internet
Email
Mobile technology
Gender
Increase in Women Entrepreneurship
Reasons
Changes in social and economic mindsets
Government policies
Women empowerment worldwide
Education
Process
Evolutionary
Phases
1. Discovery
Looking for opportunities
2. Exploitation
Realising the opportunities
Driven by perceived value
Main approaches
Causation
organised
predictable outcome
Good for expansion when successful business model is already in place
Effectuation
emergent
non-predictable outcome
Growth
No growth ambition
Emphasis on survival
Greiner's model
suggests linear growth
identifies crises/barriers
leadership crisis
autonomy crisis
control crisis
red tape crisis
growth crisis
Churchill and Lewis's model
based on metamorphosis of business owner
stages
Existence
Survival
Success - disengage
Success - growth
Take-off
Maturity
Education
About Enterprise
Government created associations educate people about entrepreneurship
Through Enterprise
Education is a profitable business
In developing countries that lack good education infrastructure are potential markets
For Enterprise