opportunities but the marketplace has also become more crowded and competition has increased (McMullan S‚ 2006). Entrepreneurship has three central underlying dimensions: innovation‚ risk-taking and proactiveness. Entrepreneurship and creativity makes significant contribution to the success of firms and to the economic growth of the nation (Schumpter J.A‚ 1998). Creativity enables the entrepreneur to act on these opportunities in ways which can result in competitive advantage for the organization
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Introduction Of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is globally renowned as one of the leading companies‚ especially for its specialization in the personal computers and consumer electronics industry. The company is most well-known for the iPod‚ a digital music player and Macintosh‚ a personal computer released in 1984. Co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976‚ the company was named under Apple Computers Inc. and its initial product Apple IIe gained relative popularity and success. The release of the Macintosh revolutionized
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Visa‚ Inc. IPO Keller / Devry Managerial Finance - FIN-516 Visa American Express and the Diner’s Club were the forerunners in the consumer credit card business issuing their first cards to approximately 200 people in the mid to late 1950’s. The cards were mainly used for restaurants and entertainment purposes and the balances had to be paid immediately. In the summer of 1958‚ Bank of America (which would later grow and spinoff Visa and also become spinoff itself as the Bank of America Corporation
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. . . . .5 1� Economic Function of the Entrepreneur � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 6 Assessment 1 Characteristics of the Entrepreneurial Firm Checklist . . . . . . . . .8 “Wall Street” (1987) Gordon Gekko: Address to Teldar Paper Stockholders . .12 Assessment 2 Motivation for Entrepreneurial Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 2� Entrepreneurial Qualities � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14 Behavioral Characteristics of Entrepreneurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Concept An enterprise owned and controlled by women having a minimum financial interest of 51percent of the capital and giving at least 51 percent of the employment generated by the enterprise to women - Government of India A woman entrepreneur can be defined as a confident‚ innovative and creative woman capable of achieving self economic independence individually or in collaboration‚ generates employment opportunities for others through initiating‚ establishing and
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Anita Roddick‚ The Body Shop‚ Madame CJ Walker‚ First female African American millionaire (hair care products)‚ Coco Chanel‚ fashion and signature fragrances‚ and Estee Lauder‚ Beauty products. This is a very small list of a few famous female entrepreneurs throughout history. These women started their own businesses with the passion and desire to help others or provide a product they felt was needed. Females have difficulty climbing the corporate ladder and it is just as difficult‚ if not more
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Lawrence Page ~ Entrepreneur “Stand on the shoulders of giants”‚ a New-Platonist phrase taken by Google´s Scholar Browser as its motto‚ however‚ its meaning goes beyond that. It refers to the uncountable facilities this browser has provided us‚ Google certainly changed online browsing forever‚ and perhaps this is just the beginning. The colossal company still has much more to give. Wherefore Computer scientist‚ co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest technology company specialized in Internet-related
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Successful Entrepreneur? ABSTRACT First‚ there was an interview with a successful entrepreneur. Second‚ there was a talk on entrepreneurship by a guest speaker‚ Mr. Azmi Ahmad (the CEO of Skali.com) and later‚ an "elevator speech" by fellow students on various issues related to entrepreneurship. This collective information and some reading on entrepreneurship journals‚ books and articles have brought to the idea on writing this paper‚ towards certain perspective‚ on successful
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Apple Inc.‚ 2008 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages in the computer business? There are mainly two kinds of competitive advantages‚ which are cost advantage and differentiation advantage. Apparently‚ Apple adopted the latter one. On one hand‚ Apple enjoys high-end technology and innovation and keeps offering unique features. Apple put a high premium on creating machines that offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. In marketing its Mac products‚ Apple highlighted
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Motorola Inc. case précis Restatement of the case Motorola was one of the few American companies that marketed a wide range of electronic products‚ form highly sophisticated integrated circuits to consumer electronic products. The company was organized along product and technology lines. To exploit fully the growing demand for semicustom integrated circuits‚ Motorola organized the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Division in 1984. The division was organized along functional lines
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