Course Name: Advanced Entrepreneurship Course Number: MNGT 4881‚ Advanced Entrepreneurship Semester: Fall‚ 2012/13 Instructors: prof. Dr. Jaka Vadnjal and Makedonka Dimitrova‚ PhD c. Credits: 4 credit hours/ 8 ECTS Contact hours: 60 hours Learning hours: 190 hours Required Text: 1. Barringer‚ Bruce R.‚ and Ireland‚ R. Duane. Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures. Pearson Prentice-Hall‚ 2010 Additional Readings: 1. Farso‚ Richard and Ralph Keyes. Whoever Makes
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Xiameter 1. What factors‚ internal or external‚ were responsible for Dow Corning’s poor performance between 1995 and 2001 as show in case Exhibit 3? Externally‚ Market was changing. Down Corning kept on losing customers to low-price suppliers. 1) Big global and regional rivals were increasing their efficiency of supply chain to provide lower cost to the customers. 2) Small local players with no R&D costs and low overhead were offering a range of commodity silicone products to bulk customers
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History of entrepreneurship[edit] Etymology and historical usage[edit] First used in 1723‚ today the term entrepreneur implies qualities of leadership‚ initiative and innovation in manufacturing‚ delivery‚ and/or services. Economist Robert Reich has called team-building‚ leadership and management ability essential qualities for the entrepreneur.[5] The successful companies of the future‚ he has said‚ will be those that offer a new model for working relationships based on collaboration and mutual
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provided men and materials needed by feudal lords to wage wars. Entrepreneurship refers to a skill or ability to mobilise the factors of production‚ i.e. land‚ labour‚ capital and ability to use them to produce new good and services. The entrepreneurial function may be performed by a single individual or a sole proprietor‚ or by several individuals’ i.e.‚ partners and companies. Various authors have given various definitions on entrepreneurship. It is the knack for sensing an opportunity where others
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Internal Control Being that LJB Company is still a small company with faith in their long term employees puts LJB in an advantage over competitors. Having long term employees show and express the loyalty towards the company. There is one advantage of LJB Company being a small firm as we are approaching our initial public offering. Because of some small issues that will need to be resolved as per internal control requirements‚ LJB being a small firm it should be easier to bring change with implementation
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Entrepreneurship Executive Summary: This assignment present on innovation of a new product which added substantial value of an organisation and represent significantly new dynamic direction of an organisation. We try to understand historical background and environmental condition that leads to emergence this product .We focus on the approach‚ creativeness‚ ideas‚ attitude‚ market demand‚ customer behaviour‚ creative destruction are behind this innovation. We also find out strategic plan
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Internal Analysis Haier Profile Haier Group is the No.1 in the top ten innovative companies issued by USA Newsweek’s website. Founded in 1984‚ Haier has grown into an international group which is making a turnover of 135.7 billion yuan in 2010 and employed more than seventy thousand people. Haier aims to create a world famous brand in the age of the internet that helps satisfying needs of user in a short time. “Zero-distance virtual and practical network combination” is fully combination with
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characteristics and skills of entrepreneurs used in three different context i.e. small‚ social and larger scale business‚ to manage‚ develop and sustain the business. It initiates with highlighting the term entrepreneur and entrepreneurship from different authors followed by theories on entrepreneurship to get a better understanding of traits and characteristics in detail. Then is states the benefits of entrepreneurial traits and characteristics. It will then focus on how small business entrepreneurs use their
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the same as other business activities. Indeed‚ innovation is the work of knowing rather than doing. Drucker argues that most innovative business ideas come from methodically analyzing seven areas of opportunity‚ some of which lie within particular companies or industries and some of which lie in broader social or demographic trends. Astute managers will ensure that their organizations maintain a clear focus on all seven. But analysis will
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APPROACHES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP MACRO VIEW a. Environmental School of Thought b. Financial/capital School of Thought c. Displacement School of Thought MICRO VIEW a. Entrepreneurial Trait School of Thought (People School) b. Venture opportunities School of Thought c. Strategic formulation School of Thought INTRAPRENEURSHIP i. Within an existing business ii. The development within a corporation of internal markets or autonomous or semi-autonomous business units that produce product‚ services
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