Section 4 Flashcards
Entrepreneur
A person who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risk
The goals of an entrepreneur
Includes achievement of independence , financial success, social change
Intra-preneurship
When entrepreneurship is describing activities within a firm or large organization
Seniority
Measure for the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization as compared to other members , with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members long
Reasons for starting a business
Own bosses, greater possibility of achieving sig. Financial rewards than working for someone else, provides ability to be involved in total operation of business, offer prestige of being erosion in charge, gives opportunity to build equity
What is equity
Overall worth of what you are
Benefits of small organization
Greater flexibility and capacity to respond promptly to industry or community developments
Greater flexibility
Able to innovate and create new products and services more rapidly and creatively than larger companies mired in beuracracy , make decisions in days, well suited to internet marketing (find specialized niches), modify products and services in response to unique customer needs (knows customer base better)
Bureaucracy
Structure and regulations in place to control activity usually in large organizations and govt. operations
Entrepreneurial spirit
People who are fully engaged and doing what they want, atmosphere of fun and excitement that is generated when ppl. Work together to create an opportunity for greater success , inspire to do best
Startup business
New organization or business venture
Independence
ability to be own boss, operate independently, make own decisions, take own risks, reap own benefit s
Valley of death
When you are so far in debt you can’t get out of it, failure of independent company because of lack of funds
Entrepreneurship and the economy
Creativity and entrepreneurship are needed to combine inputs in profitable ways resulting in large scale economic growth and development
Equilibrium models
Central to mainstream economics and exclude entrepreneurship, use economic data to estimate how an economy might react to changes in a policy technology or other external factors