...Entrepreneurship PBSB 821 Bezuidenhout, P.J. 1224 6093 Botha, Desere 2250 2556 Buys, Johan 2049 8705 Kleynhans, Wessel 1251 7755 Schoeman, Willie 1032 6065 Van Wieringen, Anton 1231 8388 Wohlfahrt, Andre 2255 3533 Chicken Run Class Group Assignment Lecturer: Prof. S. van der Merwe Due Date: 30 July 2011 Entrepreneurship PBSB 821 Bezuidenhout, P.J. 1224 6093 Botha, Desere 2250 2556 Buys, Johan 2049 8705 Kleynhans, Wessel 1251 7755 Schoeman, Willie 1032 6065 Van Wieringen, Anton 1231 8388 Wohlfahrt, Andre 2255 3533 Chicken Run Class Group Assignment Lecturer: Prof. S. van der Merwe Due Date: 30 July 2011 Roxanne Quimby & “Burt’s Bees” Roxanne Quimby & “Burt’s Bees” By Bezuidenhout, P.J. 1224 6093 Botha, Desere 2250 2556 Buys, Johan 2049 8705 Kleynhans, Wessel 1251 7755 Schoeman, Willie 1032 6065 Van Wieringen, Anton 1231 8388 Wohlfahrt, Andre 2255 3533 Module: Entrepreneurship Module Code: PBSB 821 Group: Chicken Run Assignment due date: 30 July 2011 Module: Entrepreneurship Module Code: PBSB 821 Group: Chicken Run Assignment due date: 30 July 2011 Element: | Mark: | Question 1 | | Question 2 | | Question 3 | | Question 4 | | Question 5 | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | Contents Question 1 ~ Who can be an entrepreneur? 3 Question 2 ~ Risks, rewards and trade-offs of a lifestyle...
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...the organizationsubstantially benefit from such a program namely “Internship”, the sole purpose of internship is to train the students and prepare themselves for the real life in job markets. I have developed this internship report as a partial requirement to acquire the BBA degree under direct supervision of Mohammad Mahfuz Ahmed. I have tried my level best to make this report informative and enriched so that the real things can easily be displayed History of Berger Berger is one of the oldest names in paint industry detailing back more than 200 years to 1760. Lewis Berger, a German national, founded dye & pigment making business in England. Lewis Berger & Sons Limited grew rapidly with a strong reputation for innovation and entrepreneurship culminating in perfecting the process of making Prussian Blue, a deep blue dye, a color widely used for many European armies’ uniform. Production of dyes & pigments evolved into production of paints & coatings, which till today, remains the core business of Berger. Berger grew rapidly by establishing branches the world over and through merging with other leading paint & coating companies. Berger in Bangladesh Berger Paints began its painting in Bangladesh since independence. And this has been a footstep to bring more than 230 years of global paint industry experience into Bangladesh. In 1970, Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL) erstwhile Jenson & Nicholson had set up its paint factory in Chittagong at an estimated investment...
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...penerapan GEM (GEM Model) adalah menjelaskan dan mengukur secara rinci kondisi-kondisi dimana wirausaha dan inovasi dapat berkembang. Aktivitas GEM Dalam menjalankan program, GEM fokus pada wirausahawan individual. Dalam suatu penelitian, wirausaha individu (sole proprietorships) merupakan bentuk usaha yang paling banyak di Amerika. Membentuk sole proprietorships lebih mudah dan lebih murah dibandingkan membentuk firma atau perseroan terbatas. GEM mengambil fokus pada wirausaha individu karena bentuk wirausaha ini sesuai dengan perspektif sosial ekonomi yang dijalankan oleh GEM. Untuk mengukur kewirausahaan, GEM menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data primer. Pengukuran GEM mencakup banyak elemen, mulai dari munculnya kesempatan berwirausaha, bagaimana memulai wirausaha hingga karakteristik aktifitas wirausaha. Kewirausahaan (entrepreneurship) merupakan suatu proses menciptakan dan mengelola usaha untuk mencapai tujuan yang diinginkan. Dalam memulai suatu usaha, pengusaha dapat melakukan...
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...Executive Summary This report analyses the strategies of the Berger paint Bangladesh limited. Berger is one of the most renowned companies in our country. This report has covered almost all the strategy of Berger Paints Bangladesh ltd for marketing its product. It also includes a brief profile of the company. To know the strategy of the company it also includes the product categories and the distribution channel of the company. The objective of this report is to identify and analyze marketing strategies of BPBL (Broadly). We have used both the Primary sources of data and Secondary sources of data. The data has been collected through some non structured questionnaire. The limitations to get the proper information were Time barriers, Intension to not disclose the information Rules and regulation etc. The vision of the company is to remain as the benchmark in the Paint industry. being an innovative and technology driven Company consistently delivering world-class products ensuring best consumer satisfaction through continuous value added services provided by highly professional and committed team. Their mission is to increase the turnover by 100% in the next five years and remaining socially committed ethical company. Production of paints and coatings is the core business of Berger. Berger produce a wide range of paints including decorative/architectural paints, industrial coatings, marine paints and powder coatings. Berger paints Bangladesh LTD operates its business in a competitive...
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...After working through the theoretical foundations Powerpoint (click here), select only one of the theories and discuss its usefulness in the context of managing organizations. Use online peer-reviewed journal research (case study research is best) to inform your writing, and to advance the theoretical discussion beyond what you encountered in the PowerPoint. You may select a theory that you will eventually use elsewhere in the course (such as in the theoretical paper assignment next week—hint, hint). Your initial post should contain 3 scholarly citations and 3 references minimum (your textbook may NOT serve as a source for this forum). After reviewing this week’s required PowerPoint presentation, the theory I chose to further discuss is complexity theory. According to the presentation, complexity theory is relevant to all traditional fields, focuses on specific questions about parts, wholes and relationships, cuts across all disciplines of science and, is the study of complex systems and understanding their indirect effects (Introduction to the Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Organizational Management, n.d., p. 19). Another more specific definition of complexity theory is that it is the study of “how order, structure, pattern, and novelty arise from extremely complicated, apparently chaotic systems and conversely, how complex behavior and structure emerges from simple underlying rules” (Cooke-Davies et al., 2007, p. 52). Complexity theory and, in turn, complexity...
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...& Sambrook, S. (2009) ‘Towards a multidisciplinary definition of innovation,' Management Decision, 47 (8), pp. 1323-1339 [Accessed 04 Nov. 2017]. Frankel, E. G., & Gheorghe, A. V. (2009). Quality Decision Management - The Heart of Effective Futures-Oriented Management: a Primer for Effective Decision-Based Management (Fourth Edition ed.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. Larsen, K., Kim, R., & Theus, F. (2009). gribusiness and innovation systems in Africa. Washington DC: World Bank. O'Sullivan, D. (2008). Applied innovation management. London: Sage, 2008. Sawhney, M., Wolcott, R. and Arroniz, I. (2007). The 12 different ways for companies to innovate. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 35(1), pp.45-45 [Accessed 04 Nov. 2017]. Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., & Simchi-Levi, E. (2008). Designing and managing the supply chain : concepts, strategies, and case studies (3rd Edition ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. Varis, M. and Littunen, H. (2010). Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial...
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...A Book in 5 Minutes: The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs Kira M. Newman Mar 28, 2013 Don’t have time to read? Here’s a quick but comprehensive summary of Kevin D. Johnson’s “The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs,” released on March 5, 2013. Who should read this: “Whether you are thinking of starting a business, celebrating your first year in business, or approaching ten years in business, you’ll find tremendous value in reading this book,” Johnson writes. In other words, any entrepreneur looking for a mentor will find helpful tips here. Elevator pitch: Entrepreneurship can be taught, and Kevin D. Johnson wants to teach it. This book includes 100 easily digestible lessons in strategy, people, finance, marketing and leadership, including lots of anecdotes from his own experience. Author: Thirty-three-year-old Kevin D. Johnson is a serial entrepreneur and the president of Johnson Media Inc., a multimillion-dollar marketing and communications company. Strategy 1. Think big: Failing to reach your potential is a lesser-known, lesser-understood type of business failure. Entrepreneurs fail to think big because they are limited by their environment or their lack of expertise, or they lack the motivation or self-confidence. 2. Create new markets: Studies have shown that “blue ocean” businesses account for a disproportionate amount of the profits and revenues...
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...1287/mnsc.1070.0761 © 2008 INFORMS Is the Tendency to Engage in Entrepreneurship Genetic? Department of Public and Business Administration, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus, nicos.nicolaou@ucy.ac.cy Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, sas46@cwru.edu Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, King’s College London, St. Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom {lynn.cherkas@gstt.nhs.uk, janice.hunkin@gstt.nhs.uk, tim.spector@kcl.ac.uk} Nicos Nicolaou Scott Shane Lynn Cherkas, Janice Hunkin, Tim D. Spector W e used quantitative genetics techniques to compare the entrepreneurial activity of 870 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 857 pairs of same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twins from the United Kingdom. We ran model-fitting analyses to estimate the genetic, shared environmental and nonshared environmental effects on the propensity of people to become entrepreneurs. We found relatively high heritabilities for entrepreneurship across different operationalizations of the phenomenon, with little effect of family environment and upbringing. Our findings suggest the importance of considering genetic factors in explanations for why people engage in entrepreneurial activity. Key words: entrepreneurship; twin studies; behavioral genetics History: Accepted by Wallace J. Hopp, technological innovation, product development, and entrepreneurship; received June 21, 2006. This paper was with the authors 6 1 months...
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...To: | Colleagues of Rise Against | From: | Johnny Williams | CC: | Rise Against Staff Members | Date: | September 26, 2013 | Re: | Rise Against: Expectations for Success | Memo We are Rise Against, a nonprofit organization dedicated to relieving our country of gang violence through education, afterschool programs, community services, and community outreach through open discussion. In those discussions, we provide help to the youth, but we also perform research so that we can slowly diminish gang activity. Our mission is to bring communities together to rise against the destruction that gangs have cause and turning the negativity that these groups and individuals have caused into positive opportunity for bettering the community. Some of you may think you know what a nonprofit organization is but it is hard to say exactly what they do and how they do it. Nonprofits “vary enormously in scope and scale, ranging from informal grassroots organizations with no assets and no employees to multi-billion-dollar foundations, universities, religious bodies, and health care complexes with thousands of employees or members” (Renz, 3). Most of these organizations provide charitable, educational, and religious services but the law in the United States licenses them to run any kind of good or service on a non-profit basis. These nonprofit organizations ranges from large hospitals and universities that fund their school through tuition and fees but they also can be small organizations...
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...Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by theDepartment of Education or DepEd as it is commonly referred to in the country. The department controls the Philippine education system, especially the curriculum used in schools, and usage of funds used for further improvements, which includes the continual building of schools and its facilities, and the recruitment of teachers and other staff, among others. Prior to the mid-20th century, the country's education system was patterned on those of its earlier colonial powers, those of bothSpain and the United States. However, after the Philippine independence in 1946, its educational system changed radically. The former basic educational system of the Philippines was composed of 6 years of elementary education starting at the age of 6,[3] and 4 years of high school education starting at the age of 12.[4] Afterwards, one can continue his or her education by enrolling in technical or vocational schools, or in higher education institutions like universities. Although the 1987 Constitution states that elementary education is compulsory, it was never put into force. Since 2011, the country started its transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to the K-12 educational system, as mandated by DepEd.[5] This time, the new 12-year system is now compulsory, along with the adoption of new curricula for all schools (see 2010s and the K-12 program). The transition shall last until the S.Y. 2017-2018, where the first graduates...
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...J Manag Gov DOI 10.1007/s10997-010-9154-1 Internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship: business models for new technology-based firms Alberto Onetti • Antonella Zucchella • Marian V. Jones • Patricia P. McDougall-Covin Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2010 Abstract New technology-based firms, particularly those that develop their business around a new technological platform, are likely to be impacted by globalization, in terms of both pace of innovation and pressure of competition. For these firms, strategic decisions and growth processes are characterized by a deep interrelationship amongst the processes of internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship; processes which have tended to be examined independently in distinct bodies of literature. In practice strategic decisions concern each of these processes and address issues such as organizational boundaries, location of the operational activities, what activities to focus on and selection of value partners. The business model by which firms operate needs also to accommodate the spatial dimensions indicated by globalization; and the emergence of global technology markets. Little is known to date about the extent to which business models accommodate or are adapted to internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper presents a review of the business model literature from which a generic business model framework is derived, identifying and introducing the main elements...
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...Specsavers Case Study Specsavers Case Study Ilyas Morrison Ilyas Morrison Table of Contents Summary 3 Results and Discussion Experiment 1 3 Task 1 5 Experiment 2 6 Task 2 6 Experiment 3 7 Task 3 8 Task 4 9 Task 5 12 Task 6 13 Task 7 14 Experiment 4 15 Task 8 15 Task 9 21 Task 10 22 Conclusion 24 References 25 a) Why might solving a problem present a business opportunity? Discuss with explicit reference to at least 3 of the guest speakers. An intrinsic quality of a problem is demand itself. Demand is a major, if not the most influential variable on a business opportunity, whether that be from a single individual or the entire population. As a result, a problem is arguably the primary source of an unexploited populace and/or economy and drive of innovation. The scale to which the problem is solved, measured relative to its complete effectiveness. In reference to a business opportunity I will refer to the definition according to Daniel Myska, “A business concept that, if turned into a tangible product or service offered by a business enterprise, will result in a financial profit”. It is explicit the effectiveness of which the product/service itself approaches a problem will directly correlate to the unconditional demand said product/service will receive and is paramount to the likelihood of...
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...that are not responsible, development projects that are not effective, and poor government policies, making development efforts more difficult inclusive, and the increasingly adverse impact on the environment, social injustice and bring economic social conflicts and political. Management rules of social organization is no different from the management of business organizations, except the vision and mission, which is characterized by social interests. A management expert, Peter Drucker in his book Innovation and Entrepreneurship (1985), based on his observations in America, concluded that there has been an inevitable shift from conventional economic management to the management of social economy. For example, in terms of employment. Examples of cases in job creation in business organizations, and even reduce its workforce, while the social organization of small and medium scale became a provider of new jobs. Attention and efforts to develop selfemployment and entrepreneurship increased. By considering these trends, more is needed in systemic efforts to answer this question. Collaborative actions that are sustainable over the government, the business sector, NGOs, CBOs, academic world, as well as the audience are widely needed to create a development more inclusive and equitable. Union of Islam...
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...One explanation for this disparity is that female business ownership is concentrated primarily in the retail and service industries where businesses are relatively smaller in terms of employment and revenue as opposed to high technology, construction, and manufacturing. One of the most fruitful streams of research in women’s occupational choice has been based on EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Address correspondence to Alexandra L. Anna at HQ USAFA/DFM, 2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 6H94, USAFA, CO 80840-5701; (719) 333-4405; Fax: (719) 333-2944; E-mail: AnnaAL.DFM@USAFA.AF.MIL This research was funded in part by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. An earlier version of this paper was presented in the Entrepreneurship Division of the National Academy of Management Meeting held in Cincinnati, August, 1996. We acknowledge comments and contributions by several...
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...DEVELOPING THE INTERNET: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE* Sandra L. Suárez Department of Political Science Temple University Gladfelter Hall Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 204-1468 ssuarez@nimbus.temple.edu and Mauro F. Guillén The Wharton School and Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania 2016 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370 215-573-6267 guillen@wharton.upenn.edu November 2000 Version * This research has been funded by Temple University (Suárez) and the Wharton eBusiness Initiative, WeBI (Guillén). 2 DEVELOPING THE INTERNET: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Abstract The internet has not diffused uniformly throughout the world. Data on 142 countries indicate that, aside from the levels of economic and infrastructural development, cross-national differences have to do with whether the legal system fosters entrepreneurship, and with whether institutional and political conditions are stable, and democracy is the form of government. Competition and privatization policies in the area of telecommunications do not have consistent effects. After examining international patterns of diffusion for the world as a whole, differences between two matched pairs of countries are systematically compared: Ireland and Singapore, and Argentina and Spain. Patterns of entrepreneurship and public policy in each country are shown to have differed systematically, with distinctive consequences...
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