Pme Unit-1
Pme Unit-1
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
KHU-802
BY
DR. CHARU AGARWAL
Content – Unit I
Enterprise
An entrepreneur is a person who starts an enterprise. The
process of creation is called entrepreneurship. The
entrepreneur is the actor and entrepreneurship is the act.
The outcome of the actor and the act, is called the
enterprise. An enterprise is the business organization that
is formed and which provides goods and services, creates
jobs, contributes to national income, exports and
contributes to the overall economic development.
Characteristics of Entrepreneur
(1) Vision :
An entrepreneur has a dream and he visualizes the ways and means to achieve dream. In doing so he
visualizes :
Market Demands
Socio-Economic Environment
Technological Environment
And then based on these dynamic, he visualizes a future for his business venture.
(2) Knowledge :
An entrepreneur has full knowledge about all the technicalities of his business- be it technological, operational,
financial or market dynamic.
(3) Desire to succeed :
An entrepreneur has a strong desire to succeed in life. Their dreams are not just limited to achieving one single
goal but they constantly work to achieve higher goals.
(4) Independence :
An entrepreneur needs independence in work and decision-making. They don't follow the rules of thumb but
make their own rules and destiny.
(5) Optimism :
Entrepreneurs are highly optimistic about achieving their vision.
Characteristics of Entrepreneur
(6) Value Addition :
Entrepreneurs do not follow the conventional rules of thumb. They have a constant
desire to introduce something new to the existing business. They create, innovate or
even add value to the existing products/services.
(7) Leadership :
An entrepreneur exhibits the qualities of leader. They are good planner, organizers, have
good communication skill, good decision makers, take initiative to implement plans
and are result-oriented.
(8) Hardworking :
At times they are called workaholics. Work is worship for then. They put in continuous
efforts to achieve success and know that there is no substitute for hark work.
(9) Risk-Taking Ability :
Risk is an inherent and inseparable element of entrepreneurship. He assumes the
uncertainty of future. An entrepreneur guarantees rent to the landlord, wages to
employees and interest to the investor in the hope of earning more than the expenses.
Characteristics of Entrepreneur
Other characteristics are:
1. Mental ability
2. Clear objectives
3. Business secrecy
4. H.R. ability
5. Communication ability
6. Technical knowledge
7. Achievement– oriented
8. Perseverance
9. Ethical
10. Motivator
11. Self– confident
12. Long term involvement
13. High energy level
14. Problem solver
15. Initiator
16. Goal setter
Entrepreneur vs Entrepreneurship
Meaning of Entrepreneurship:
Entrepreneurship refers to a process of action an
entrepreneur undertakes to establish his enterprise. It
is a creative and innovative response to the
environment. In other words entrepreneurship can be
defined as an ability to discover, create or invent
opportunities and exploit them to the benefit of the
society, which in turn brings prosperity to the
innovator and his organization.
Main theories of entrepreneurship are summarized as
follows:
Entrepreneurship a Function of Innovation:
Joseph A. Schumpeter (1934)
For the first time, put the human agent at the centre of the process of economic
development and assigned a critical role to the entrepreneurship in his theory of economic
development. He considered economic development as a discrete technological change.
The process of development can be generalized by five different types of events:
(i) Firstly, it can be the outcome of the introduction of a new product in the market.
(ii) Secondly, it can be the result of a new production technology or new method of
production.
(iii) Thirdly, it may arise on account of a new market.
(iv) Fourthly, it may be the consequences of a new source of supply.
(v) Fifthly, it may be due to the new organization of any industry.
According to Schumpeter
(i) Development is not an automatic process, but it must be deliberately and actively
promoted by some agency within the system, Schumpeter called the agent who initiates
the above changes as an entrepreneur.
(ii) He is the agent who provides economic leadership that changes the initial conditions of
the economy and causes dynamic changes.
(iii) By nature, he is neither technician, nor a financier, but he is considered an innovator.
(iv) Entrepreneurship is not a profession or a permanent occupation and therefore, it cannot
formulate a social class like capitalists.
(v) Psychological, entrepreneurs are not solely motivated by profit.
Entrepreneurship : An Organization Building
Function: Fredrick Harbison (1964)
He states that the 'organisation building' ability is the most critical skill
needed for the industrial development. According to him
entrepreneurship means the skill to build an organization. Harbison
spots the crux of the entrepreneurship in his ability to multiply himself
by effectively delegating responsibilities to others. The main features
are:
(i) Unlike Schumpeter, Harbison's entrepreneur is not an innovator but
an 'organisation builder' who must be able to harness the new ideas of
different innovators to the rest of the organization.
(ii) Such persons are not always the men with ideas or men who try
new combinations of resources but they may simply be good leaders
and excellent administrators.
(iii) Harbison's definition of entrepreneurship lays more stress on the
managerial skills and creativity so far as organisation is concerned.
Entrepreneurship : A Function of Managerial
Skill and Leadership: Hoselitz
He states that a business man who simply behaves in traditional ways is not an
entrepreneur. Moreover, entrepreneurial role appears to call for decision
making under uncertainty. McClelland identified two characteristics of
entrepreneurship
firstly "doing things in a new and better way" and secondly "decision making
under uncertainty".
Persons with high achievement would take moderate risks. They would not
behave traditionally (no risk). The high achievement is associated with better
performance at tasks which require some imagination, mental manipulation or
new ways of putting things together, and such people do better at non routine
task that require some degree of initiative. People with high achievement are
not influenced by money reward as compared to people with low achievement.
People with low achievement are prepared to work harder for money or such
other external incentives.
Need for Achievement (Factor responsible for entrepreneurship)
Need for Power
Need for Affiliation
Entrepreneurship: A Function of Social,
Political and Economic structure: John Kunkel
He states that the industrial entrepreneurship depends upon four structures
which are found within a society or community.
(i) Limitation Structure: The society limits specific activities to members of
particular subcultures. This limitation structure affects all the members of a
society.
(ii) Demand Structure: The limitation structure is basically social and cultural but
the demand structure is mainly economic. The demand structure is not static,
and changes with economic progress and government policies.
(iii) Opportunities Structure: This structure is necessary to increase the
probability of entrepreneurial activity. The opportunity structure constitutes
the availability of capital, management and technological skills, information
concerning production methods, labours and markets.
(iv) Labours Structure: Kunkel argues that the labours supply cannot be viewed
on par with the supply of other material conditions like capital. He states that
labours means 'men' and is a function of several variables. The supply of
factory labours is governed by available alternative means of livelihood,
traditionalism and expectations of life.
Entrepreneurship: 'Input Completing' and 'Gap filling'
Function: Liebenstein
(Theory of X-efficiency)
Itis the entrepreneurial function to make up the deficiencies or to fill the gaps. These
gaps arise because all the inputs in the production function cannot be marketed
because some inputs like motivation, leadership etc. are vague in their nature and
whose output is underminate.
Input completing
Entrepreneurship: A Function of Group Level
Pattern: Frank W. Young
Internal Forces:
These forces refer to the internal qualities of the individual such as
intelligence, skill, knowledge experience, intuition, exposure, etc.
These forces influence the entrepreneurial activities of an individual
to a great extent.
External Forces:
These forces refer to the economic, political, social, cultural and legal
factors which influence origin and growth of entrepreneurship in an
economy.
Classification of theories
Sociological theories
Theory of religious belief – Max Weber
Theory of Entrepreneurial Supply – Thomas Cochran
Theory of Social Change – E.E. Hagen
Theory of Group Level Pattern – F. Young
Economic theories
Schumpeter’s Theory of Innovation
Leibenstein’s Theory of X-efficiency
Mark Casson’s Theory
Papanek and Harris Theory
Harvard School Theory
M.Kirzner’s Theory of Adjustment
McClelland’s Theory of Achievement Motivation
Knight’s Theory of Profit
Hayek’s Theory of Market Equilibrium
Cultural theories
Hoselitz’s Theory
Stoke’s Thoery
Psychological theories
Theory of Personal Resourcefulness
Theory of Entrepreneurial Supply - John H. Kunkel
Models of Entrepreneurship
Kao’s Conceptual Model
Common myths to becoming an entrepreneur
Imitative
Fabian and
Drone
Classification of Entrepreneurs
Intrapreneur
Foodapreneur
Technopreneur
Momapreneur
Artapreneur
Edupreneur
Manager v/s Entrepreneur
Manager Entrepreneur
Skills Professional training, B-school Knows business intimately
trained
Educational Highly Educated May be less educated in earlier
level studies
Attention Primarily on events inside Primarily on technology and market
corporation place
Action Delegate action, supervising and Gets hand dirty, may upset
reporting employees by suddenly doing their
work
Failure and Strive to avoid mistakes and Deals with mistakes and failures as
mistakes surprises learning exercise
Problem Works out problems within Deals problems in large and formal
solving system structure
style
Intrapreneurship
Gifford Pinchot discover the word “Intrapreneur”
in 1982.
Intrapreneurship is defined as entrepreneurship
within an existing business set up.
That is to say – Intrapreneurship is corporate
entrepreneurship.
When a corporation indulges in entrepreneurial
activities, like diversification into new businesses, it
is called Intrapreneurship.
Intrapreneurship
Hurdles in Intrapreneurship:
Need for organization alignment
Dependence on company resources
Dependence on existing business model
Inability to move beyond past successes
Low risk appetite
Level of integration
Short term vs long term results
Benefits of Intrapreneurship
Identification of opportunities
Attracting entrepreneurial talent
Increased ROI from long range investments
Expansion of business design
Ensuring competitive advantage
Entrepreneur Vs Intrapreneur
Internal
Choice of an Idea
Faulty Planning
Poor management of enterprise
Marketing
Financial Crunch
Labor Problems
Capacity utilization
Inadequate training and skill
Lack of motivation
Poor coordination among employees
Problem of Entrepreneurship
External
Infrastructural sickness (location, power, water, communication)
Financial (Capital, working capital, recovery, long term fund, seed capital, startup
capital) {angel investor}
Taxation (Income tax, Sales Tax, Excise, VAT, import duty, LBT etc)
Raw material
Industrial and financial regulation
Inspections
Technology
Government Policy (Bureaucracy)
Administrative Hurdle (eg security)
Corruption
Competitive and volatile environment
Licensing (Inspector Raj)
Gray Markets products (unbilled items)
Secular Country (Holidays)
Women Entrepreneurship
Economic Independence
Establishing Identity
Motivation
Family Support
Availability Of Funds
Greater Freedom And Mobility
Developing Risk Taking Ability
Building Confidence
WHY DO WOMEN TAKE-UP EMPLOYMENT?
Push Factors
Death of bread winner
Sudden fall in family income
Permanent inadequacy in income of the family
Pull Factors
Women’s desire to evaluate their talent
To utilize their free time or education
Need and perception of Women’s Liberation, Equity etc.
To gain recognition, importance and social status.
To get economic independence
An urge to do something new
Self-employed entrepreneurs
Rural entrepreneurs
CATEGORIES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
People who have a high need for power are characterized by:
1. A desire to influence and direct somebody else.
2. A desire to exercise control over others.
3. A concern for maintaining leaders-follower relations.
Mc Clellend’s Achievement motivation theory…
As regards the above three needs, McClelland holds the view that
all three needs may simultaneously be acting on an individual.
But, in case of an entrepreneur, the high need for achievement is
found dominating one.
EDP – Top 3 Models:
The theory is about the tension between the need to be considered as legitimate
in order to compete, but also the need to be competitive.
2. Training Phase…