Nature and Type of Entrepreneurial Venture
Nature and Type of Entrepreneurial Venture
Nature and Type of Entrepreneurial Venture
ENTREPRENEURIAL
VENTURE
Business Environment
Divided into two:
■ External or macro environment – divided into several
layers.
– Environmental scanning – is conducted to determine
the availability of raw materials, suitability of the
business to the location, cost involved, growth of the
industry, and the possible position of the business in
the market.
■ Internal or micro environment – is conducted to
determine the possible target market and the business
competency in taking advantage of available
opportunities.
Significant factors of entrepreneur
What
business
to open?
■ Sole Proprietorship
■ Partnership
■ Corporation
■ Cooperative
Sole
Proprietorship
- is a business
venture
owned by on
person only
The characteristics of sole
proprietorship are as follows:
1.It is easy to form and manage
2.It is simple business operation
3.It has a limited pool of resources
4.Its growth is limited
5.The owner has unlimited liability.
Partnership - is a business venture that is
owned by two or more persons. The owners
are usually called partners.
■ The life of partnership is easily dissolved compared to a
corporation, particularly for the following reasons:
1. Death if one of the partners
2. Admission of a new partner in an existing
partnership
3. Personal insolvency of one of the partners
4. Permanent withdrawal of the investment of a partner
Corporation
■ It is inherent in the business to produce and sell goods and at the same time provide
services to customers.
■ Restaurants and fast-food chains are classified as hybrid businesses because their
very nature is to process and sell food and at the same time to provide excellent
services to customers.
■ Restaurants and fast-food chains have the attributes of a manufacturing business
and a service entity.
Special Corporation – special types of business may include cooperatives, joint
ventures and non-profit organizations.
WHAT BUSINESS TO
OPEN
■ There are no strict entrepreneurial rules in choosing the type and form of business to
open. However, after critically scanning the macro and micro business environments, the
entrepreneur must consider highly the following two important factors:
– Competency of entrepreneur and the competency of the business.
■ An entrepreneurial venture may either be a sole proprietorship, partnership, or a
corporation engaged in merchandising, manufacturing, or service.
■ Nevertheless, whatever type and nature of business venture is opened to exploit
different business opportunities, innovation or creativity defines the distinction between
an entrepreneur and an ordinary business person.
■ Thus, the concept of innovation or creativity must, in almost instances, be introduced
and practiced. An entrepreneur finds way to introduce innovation from the production
process to the marketing stage, while an ordinary businessperson simply imitates
business practices and procedures.
■ The concept of innovation or creativity can easily be practiced and highly noticeable in a
manufacturing operation since raw materials are transformed to finished goods through
the production process. Innovation can be introduced from the production phase up to
packaging and delivery.
PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
Three important elements in the
production system are:
1. The input
2. The transformation or production process, and
3. The output
PRODUCTION
INPUT OUTPUT
PROCESS
Input
■ The most critical factors in the whole production system are the inputs and the
transformation process. Their quality determines the quality of the output.
■ It is also known as “garbage in, garbage out” or “GIGO” in the parlance of computer
technology.
■ The factors involved in the input and the production process are usually referred to
as the four Ms of production, namely, manpower, method, machine, and materials.
FOUR M’s
OUTPUT
• MANPOWER
• METHOD
• MACHINE
• MATERIALS
MANPOWER – simply refers to human workforce
involved in the manufacture of products.
■ The entrepreneur must determine, acquire, and match the most qualified employees with the jobs at the most appropriate time
period.
■ Some of the manpower criteria that must be highly considered by the entrepreneur are as follows:
1. Educational qualifications and experience required for the job
2. Status of employment, whether permanent or temporary
3. Number of workers required for the job
4. Skills and expertise required for the job
5. Appropriate time the worker is needed
6. Conduct of background checking and issuance if requirements
7. Amount of salary or wages and other mandatory benefits
8. Availability of potential workers in the community.
METHOD – or production method refers to the process or technique of
converting raw materials to finished products.