Prelim Flashcards
Mobilizing the idle savings of public. They employ their own as well as borrowed resources for setting up their enterprises. Such type of entrepreneurial activities leads to value addition and creation of wealth, which is very essential for the industrial and economic development of country
Promotes capital formation
Entrepreneurs provide immediate large scale employment opportunities to the unemployed which is a chronic problem of underdeveloped nations
Creates large-scale employment opportunities
Entrepreneurs help to remove regional disparities to setting up of industries in less developed and backward areas
Promotes balanced regional develpment
Economic power is the natural outcome of industrial and business activity. Industrial development normally leads leads visitation concentration of economic power in the hands of a few individuals which results in the growth of monopolies
Reduces concentration of economic power
It stimulates equitable redistribution of wealth and income in the interest of the country to more people and geographic areas, thus giving benefit to a larger sections of the society.
Wealth creation and distribution
Entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for opportunities
Increasing gross national product and per capita income
Increase in the standard of living of the people is a characteristics feature of economic development of the country
Improvement in standard of living
Entrepreneurs help in promoting a country’s export-trade, which is an important ingredient of economic development.
Promote country’s export trade
Entrepreneurs like to work with an environment of change and try to maximize profits by innovation.
Induces backward and forward linkages
Entrepreneurs act as a catalytic agent for change which results in chain reaction.
Facilitates overall development
Two imporatnt economic factors that hinder our growth as a nation
- Poverty
- Population explosion
The following factors are contributory determinants to our slow growth in economic development as a nation
- The Filipino Values and Culture
- Income opportunity in the countryside is still subsistence in nature
- The failure to develop better system of education
- Availability of needed capital
Probided the necessary funds for the development of entrepreneurs in the countryside.
R.A. 6977 aka MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES
Granting exemptions from any and all government rules and regulations and other incentive and benefits and for other purposes.
R.A. 6810 aka MAGNA CARTA FOR COUNTRYSIDE AND BARANGAY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
If you are determined to run your own business, you must concentrate on your work either as a producer or a seller. The success of your business depends on how much time and effort you will soend on it.
Hard working
You must have a strong faith in your ability despite the problems that you will encounter along the way
Self-confidence
once a person enters in a line of business, you must understand that you are in a non-stop contract that en entrepreneur should understand. It may take several years to build up a business to a reasonable standard. The goal for most succesful business people is to build a secure job and stable income for themselves based on their own ability.
Future-oriented
when you enter into the world of business, obviously, you are looking for income because you know that this will be your bread and butter not only for you but also for your family. Therefore, you must see to it the business can generate income. Another plan of action is to expand your own business through the use of your generated income.
profit-oriented
an entrepreneur is forward looking. you have an advanced preparation for your business. You set a long-term goal for the activities that are needed, an extensive preparation for the production process and procedures that you need to go through to acquire, human and non-human resources
Goal-oriented
Differences in opinion and judgement. Your opponent can be a part of the rejection on what you intend to do for your endeavor. As an entrepreneur, you must be firm, syrong willed, and stick or follow your own belief.
Persistence
Learn from you mistakes
copes with failure
you must be concerned to know how well you are doing and keep track of your performance. You must obtain useful feedback and advice from others.
responds to feedback or open to feedback
a successful entrepreneur takes the initiative. You must put yourself in a position where you personally are resoonsible for the failure or success of your business.
take the initiative
take time to listen to the advice, suggestions, and recommendations of fellow entrepreneurs. It will help your business grow.
willing to listen
the capability for exploiting successfully innovative ideas in a commercially competitive market
entrepreneurship
a people who manage business with the intention of expanding that business by applying some form of innovation and with the leadership and managerial capacity for achieving their goals, generally in the fact of strong competition from other firms, large and small.
entrepreneur
two vital roles in the economy
- to introduce new ideas
- to energize business processes
the term entrepreneur, is derives from the French word
entre (between), pendre (to take)
wealth of nations
Adam Smith, 1776
first appearance of entrepeneur
France