Theme 1.5 Flashcards
Entrepreneur
Person who spots an opportunity and shows the initiative and willingness to take risks to set up a new business to gain from potential rewards
Intrapreneurship
Employees within an organisation act in the same way as entrepreneurs
Barriers to entrepreneurship
Not everyone wants to be an entrepreneur
And lack of access to finance
Franchise
The franchisor gives permission to the franchisee to trade using franchisors name
Social enterprise
Business whose motives are not to financial gains but to provide a service
Sole trader
Individual who earns and one is there any business
Unincorporated
Opportunity cost
The next best alternative
Trade offs
All of the foregone alternatives have to be made