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Topic 3
Topic 3
Lecture 3
Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Ownership
Based on Chapter 6
from the textbook
Create a Some Usually very Very high, Must be Suppliers, Must be None; must be
new, inde- businesse limited; most particularly designed bankers, and other hired and built from the
pendent s can be lenders and during early and created elements of the trained at ground up,
business started many phases, from network must be the which can put
with very investors want although low scratch, selected; the good owner’s serious strain
little cash; evidence that capital can which can be news is that the expense on company
others, the business severely time- owner can select finances until
parti- can generate restrict the consuming and recruit ones sales volume
cularly in revenue owner’s ability and that he or she builds
manu- before they’ll to maneuver expensive specifically wants
facturing, offer funds;
may venture
require a capitalists
lot of invest in new
capital firms, but only
in a few
industries
Buy into a Varies Varies, but Low to very One of the Varies; Must be Customer
franchise widely, many low; most key some hired and base and
system from a few franchisors do franchisors advantage franchise trained, but repeat sales
thousand not allow require rigid of buying a companies a franchisor must be built
to several franchisees to adherence franchise is specify Usually up, but one of
hundred buy a to company that it which provides the major
thousand franchise with policies and comes with suppliers a training or advantages of
dollars borrowed processes an franchisee training a franchise is
funds, so they established can use support established
must have business brand
their own system recognition
capital
Serial/ portfolio
entrepreneurship
Franchising
Profits are reinvested in social programs (they Profits are distributed (to shareholders)
are a facilitator, but not the main purpose of the
organization)
Social sustainability (providing sustainable Economic sustainability (building a sustainable
solutions to social problems) competitive advantage)
Dissemination of innovative ideas to other Protection of one's own ideas or intellectual
geographical regions or other target groups capital
Sources: Martin & Osberg 2007; Müller 2012; Volkmann et al. 2012
Firm development:
• Shift from environmental to commercial orientation due to problems
with finding customers on the European market
• Focus on producing a scalable product for funding and a positive
environmental and social impact – shift of the product (Ski poles)
Source: https://blog.fastbill.com/franchising-franchise-nehmer-geber/
Source:: https://marketbusinessnews.com/financial-glossary/franchising/
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Advantages of Franchising
1 2
Combines at least some of the Name recognition, national advertising
freedom of working for yourself with programs, standardized quality of
many of the advantages of being part goods and services, and a proven
of a larger, established organization formula for success
1 2 3
Typically agree to Little control over Don’t have the option
follow the business decisions the of independently
format franchisor makes changing your
that affect the entire business in response
system to market changes
Risk-taking propensity Frank Knight distinguishes between risk and uncertainty, the Knight (1921), Kirzner
latter characteristics many entrepreneurial decision-making (1979), Brockhaus
situations. In popular imagery, entrepreneurs are big “risk- (1980)
takers”, but the belief in this personality characteristics is not
supported by the research evidence. Studies have revealed a
much more complex picture, in which the degree of risk-
taking (or tolerance of uncertainty) depends on a variety of
factors, relating to the individual (e.g. age, educational level,
prior experience, cognitive bias) and to the situations in which
the decision is being made.
Sources: Norman M.Scarborough and Jeffrey R. Cornwall, Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management, 8th ed. (New York: Pearson, 2016), 5–12; Sujan Patel, “10 Essential Characteristics of Highly Successful
Entrepreneurs,” Inc., 2 September 2017, www.inc.com; Nina Zipkin, “Barbara Corcoran on the 5 Traits All Successful
Entrepreneurs Share,” Entrepreneur, 12 April 2017, www.entrepreneur.com.
Company overview
Target market
Marketing strategy
Source: https://medium.com/startup-grind/which-us-venture-
capital-firms-are-really-investing-in-europe-2895c0a91793
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Financing Options for Small
Businesses (3 of 4)
Private individuals who invest
money in start-ups, usually
earlier in a business’s life and
Angel investors in smaller amounts than V Cs
are willing to invest or banks
are willing to lend
Source: blog.privateinvestmentsnetwork.com/the-
best-crowdfunding-platforms-in-europe/
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Exhibit 6.5 Financing Possibilities over
the Life of a Small Business
Source: https://www.wko.at/service/Austrian-Economic-Chambers.html
Source: https://www.build.or.at/
Source: https://austria.socialimpactaward.net/
Source: https://greenstart.at/
Source: https://www.campfire-
solutions.com/homepage/home