Mastery Test Flashcards
Concepts and Principles of Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneur
- Entrepreneurship
- Enterprise
Is the name of the establishment owned by an entrepreneur
Enterprise
Is an art of correct practice in managing and opening a self owned business by taking risk in creating valuable goods and services as wealth creating venture.
Entrepreneurship
Sometimes referred to as Small Business
Entrepreneurship
From a French word “entreprendre” which means to undertake.
Entrepreneur
Someone who strongly advocates the principles of entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneur
Salient Features of Entrepreneurship
- An art of correct practice
- Wealth creating venture
- Provides valuable goods and services
- Opening and managing a self-owned business
- Risk taking venture
A risk should be considered as an entrepreneurial venture.
Risk taking venture
A ____ should be considered as an entrepreneurial venture.
risk
The owner should personally open and manage the business. If the owner only opens the business but allows someone to manage it for them, the owner is no longer practicing the idea of entrepreneurship INTRAPRENEURSHIP..
Opening and managing a self-owned business
Creating good that has importance to consumers to create wealth.
Provides valuable goods and services
Businesspeople equate wealth with profit. Wealth means an abundance of money and possession.
Wealth creating venture
It is an art because it requires skills and has no governing rules; it is new in the market.
An art of correct practice
Businessman/Ordinary Small Business
- Businessman
- Business
- Company
Company
- Is the establishment owned by a businessman
- Business Scales
Is the establishment owned by a businessman
Company
Business Scales
- Small Business/Enterprise – 1 -20 employees
- Medium Business/Enterprise – 21 – 100 Employees
- Large Business/Enterprise – 101 up employees
1 -20 employees
Small Business/Enterprise
21 – 100 Employees
Medium Business/Enterprise
101 up employees
Large Business/Enterprise
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Theories of Entrepreneurship
______ refers to a generalization that explains a set of facts because it needs to be proven.
Theory
innovation is the primary factor affecting development
Innovation Theory (Joseph Schumpeter)
Government has a role in both economic and entrepreneurial development, especially during economic depression.
Keynesian Theory (John Maynard Keynes)
Organization plays a vital role among the factors of production (Land, Labor, Capital)
Alfred Marshall Theory (Alfred Marshall)
There’s always a risk of uncertainty in the process of connecting the supplier and the buyer.
Risk and Uncertainty Bearing Theory (Frank Hyneman Knight)
Social Cultures contributes to the success of the entrepreneur
Sociological Theory ( Max Weber)
Advancement of technology as an element of production
Technological Theory (Nicholas Kaldor)
Entrepreneurs fill the gap (economic problem) in any economic activity
Gap Filling Theory (Henry Leibenstein)
Learning from experience and being alert to consumers’ needs are attributes of entrepreneurship.
Learning Alertness Theory (Israel Kirzner)