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The Intention to Act Entrepreneurially
Entrepreneurial intentions:
Motivational factors that influence individuals to pursue
entrepreneurial outcomes. Intention is stronger when an action is
perceived to be feasible and desirable.
 Entrepreneurial self-efficacy:
Conviction that one can successfully execute the entrepreneurial
process.
 Perceived desirability:
The degree to which an individual has a favorable or unfavorable
evaluation of the potential outcomes.
Entrepreneur Background and
Characteristics
Education:
 Provides a background about starting a business.
 Helps in the development of communication skills and problem-
solving skills.
 Provides individuals with a larger opportunity set.
 Does not determine whether an entrepreneur will create a new
business to exploit the discovered opportunity.
Age:
 Most entrepreneurs initiate their entrepreneurial careers between
the ages of 22 and 45.
 Individuals are more inclined to start an career at milestone ages
every five years (25, 30, 35, 40, and 45).
 Male entrepreneurs tend to start their ventures in their early 30s,
while women entrepreneurs do so in their middle 30s.
Entrepreneurial Intention Within
Organization
 Top management must create an environment that
encourages employees to think and act entrepreneurially.
 Employees will realize that entrepreneurial action within
the firm is both personally desirable and feasible
Establishing Corporate
Entrepreneurship in the Organization
Step one:
 Secure a commitment to corporate entrepreneurship in the organization by
top, upper, and middle management levels.
 Establish initial framework and embrace the concept.
 Identify, select, and train corporate entrepreneurs.
Step two:
 Identify ideas and areas that top management is interested in supporting.
 Identify amount of risk money available to develop the concept.
 Establish overall program expectations and target results of each corporate
venture.
 Establish mentor/sponsor system.
Step three:
 Use of technology to ensure organizational flexibility.
Establishing Corporate
Entrepreneurship in the Organization
Step four:
 Identify interested managers to train employees and share their
experiences.
Step five:
 Develop ways for the organization to get closer to its customers.
Step six:
 Learn to be more productive with fewer resources.
Step seven:
 Establish a strong support structure for corporate entrepreneurship.
Step eight:
 Tie rewards to the performance of the entrepreneurial unit.
Finally:
 Implement an evaluation system that allows successful
entrepreneurial units to expand and unsuccessful ones to be
eliminated.
Establishing Corporate
Entrepreneurship in the Organization
Problems and Successful Efforts:
 A study found that new ventures started within a corporation
performed worse than those started independently by
entrepreneurs.
Reasons cited:
 Corporation’s difficulty in maintaining a long-term commitment.
 A lack of freedom to make autonomous decisions.
 A constrained environment.
On average, independent start-ups become:
 Profitable twice as fast.
 End up twice as profitable.
Companies that have adopted their own version of the
implementation process to launch new ventures
successfully:
 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M).
 Hewlett-Packard (HP).
 IBM.
END

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Lecture 2.pptx

  • 2. The Intention to Act Entrepreneurially Entrepreneurial intentions: Motivational factors that influence individuals to pursue entrepreneurial outcomes. Intention is stronger when an action is perceived to be feasible and desirable.  Entrepreneurial self-efficacy: Conviction that one can successfully execute the entrepreneurial process.  Perceived desirability: The degree to which an individual has a favorable or unfavorable evaluation of the potential outcomes.
  • 3. Entrepreneur Background and Characteristics Education:  Provides a background about starting a business.  Helps in the development of communication skills and problem- solving skills.  Provides individuals with a larger opportunity set.  Does not determine whether an entrepreneur will create a new business to exploit the discovered opportunity. Age:  Most entrepreneurs initiate their entrepreneurial careers between the ages of 22 and 45.  Individuals are more inclined to start an career at milestone ages every five years (25, 30, 35, 40, and 45).  Male entrepreneurs tend to start their ventures in their early 30s, while women entrepreneurs do so in their middle 30s.
  • 4. Entrepreneurial Intention Within Organization  Top management must create an environment that encourages employees to think and act entrepreneurially.  Employees will realize that entrepreneurial action within the firm is both personally desirable and feasible
  • 5. Establishing Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Organization Step one:  Secure a commitment to corporate entrepreneurship in the organization by top, upper, and middle management levels.  Establish initial framework and embrace the concept.  Identify, select, and train corporate entrepreneurs. Step two:  Identify ideas and areas that top management is interested in supporting.  Identify amount of risk money available to develop the concept.  Establish overall program expectations and target results of each corporate venture.  Establish mentor/sponsor system. Step three:  Use of technology to ensure organizational flexibility.
  • 6. Establishing Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Organization Step four:  Identify interested managers to train employees and share their experiences. Step five:  Develop ways for the organization to get closer to its customers. Step six:  Learn to be more productive with fewer resources. Step seven:  Establish a strong support structure for corporate entrepreneurship. Step eight:  Tie rewards to the performance of the entrepreneurial unit. Finally:  Implement an evaluation system that allows successful entrepreneurial units to expand and unsuccessful ones to be eliminated.
  • 7. Establishing Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Organization Problems and Successful Efforts:  A study found that new ventures started within a corporation performed worse than those started independently by entrepreneurs. Reasons cited:  Corporation’s difficulty in maintaining a long-term commitment.  A lack of freedom to make autonomous decisions.  A constrained environment. On average, independent start-ups become:  Profitable twice as fast.  End up twice as profitable.
  • 8. Companies that have adopted their own version of the implementation process to launch new ventures successfully:  Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M).  Hewlett-Packard (HP).  IBM.
  • 9. END