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chapter 1:

understanding
entrepreneurship
mare
1. Define
entrepreneur and
Today's entrepreneurship

Agenda 2. Describe the


salient features of
entrepreneurship
why do we need to
study
entrepreneurship?
Do you imagine
yourself becoming an
entrepreneur or
managing your own
business in the future?
overview of
entrepreneurship

no universally
accepted
definition!
Back to Agenda
overview of
entrepreneurship
1. Different views
2. Scholars who defined the
term are largely influenced
by their own personal beliefs
3. Entrepreneurial models
differs; depending on its
contexts and era

Back to Agenda
Joseph
Schumpeter
Entrepreneurship is
any kind of innovative
function that could
have a bearing on the
welfare of an
entrepreneur.
Other definitions of entrepreneurship accdng. to some scholars:
“Entrepreneurship entails bearing the risk of buying at a certain price
and selling at uncertain prices.”- Ricardo Cantillon
“Entrepreneurship is that form of social decision making performed by
economic innovators.” -Robert K. Lamb

“Entrepreneurship is the process of creating something new with value


by devoting the necessary time and effort, assuming the
accompanying financial, psychic and social risks and receiving the
resulting rewards of monetary and personal satisfaction and
independence.” - Robert D. Hisrich and Michael P. Peters

The management guru, Peter Drucker (1909—2005) defined


entrepreneurship as a discipline
Other definitions of entrepreneurship accdng. to some scholars:
“Entrepreneurship entails bearing the risk of buying at a certain price
and selling at uncertain prices.”- Ricardo Cantillon
“Entrepreneurship is that form of social decision making performed by
economic innovators.” -Robert K. Lamb

“Entrepreneurship is the process of creating something new with value


by devoting the necessary time and effort, assuming the
accompanying financial, psychic and social risks and receiving the
resulting rewards of monetary and personal satisfaction and
independence.” - Robert D. Hisrich and Michael P. Peters

The management guru, Peter Drucker (1909—2005) defined


entrepreneurship as a discipline
Nick Aduana defines ENTREPRENEURSHIP as the
art of observing correct practices in managing a self-
owned wealth-creating business enterprise by
providing goods and services that are valuable to the
customers.
entrepreneur
entrependre "to
undertake"
A PERSON who organizes,
operates, and assumes the risk of
business VENTURES. This venture
is also called an enterprise.
two kinds of business enterprise:

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