Course Name: Advanced Entrepreneurship Course Number: MNGT 4881‚ Advanced Entrepreneurship Semester: Fall‚ 2012/13 Instructors: prof. Dr. Jaka Vadnjal and Makedonka Dimitrova‚ PhD c. Credits: 4 credit hours/ 8 ECTS Contact hours: 60 hours Learning hours: 190 hours Required Text: 1. Barringer‚ Bruce R.‚ and Ireland‚ R. Duane. Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures. Pearson Prentice-Hall‚ 2010 Additional Readings: 1. Farso‚ Richard and Ralph Keyes. Whoever Makes
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Creating a Process-Driven Organization at AgCredit AgCredit‚ The MidWest Agriculture Credit and Loan Company is a midsize financial institution which concentrates on agribusiness. Over the past few years there is a significant growth in business and plays its own role by competing with other larger banks. "Even though AgCredit had an extensive customer knowledge‚ the process and customers were taxed to the hilt due to the lack of better technological system"‚ said Jim Finney‚ CEO of AgCredit. (McKeen
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Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship plays an important role in the economy‚ communities and individual people. An entrepreneur can be described as the "who" and is a person that identifies and developed ideas and turns it into a profit making business. Entrepreneurship can be seen as the starting of the business‚ being the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship may be defined in many views according to those who provide them. An entrepreneur is someone that starts off with a dream or a vision in mind. An
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Entrepreneurship in South Africa – A Solution by Judian Govender View of entrepreneurship in South Africa South Africa’s national development strategy along with numerous other countries strategies‚ view small business development and enterprise empowerment as an imperative for economic growth.(ACT102‚ 1996). Worldwide there is an acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an economic workhorse and catalyst.(GORMAN‚ 1997) Entrepreneurship is seen as empowering and is a requisite for emerging countries
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characteristics and skills of entrepreneurs used in three different context i.e. small‚ social and larger scale business‚ to manage‚ develop and sustain the business. It initiates with highlighting the term entrepreneur and entrepreneurship from different authors followed by theories on entrepreneurship to get a better understanding of traits and characteristics in detail. Then is states the benefits of entrepreneurial traits and characteristics. It will then focus on how small business entrepreneurs use their
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Background AgCredit‚ a financial institution focusing on agribusiness‚ is at a crossroads after an effort of three months of planning. Kate Longair is orchestrating critical restructuring in the IT system to support the company’s growth and operations. The current IT system lacks integrity and support from the many leaders and users in the organization. Project delays‚ bad information‚ customer complaints and managing human capital are contributors to the current environment. Kate faces a lack
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Chapter 1 1. Explain entrepreneurship and discuss its importance? * Entrepreneurship is the process by which individual pursues opportunity without regard to resource they currently control. The importance of entrepreneurship is that they plays a role in both economic and social development. Economically‚ for instance‚ formation of new business leads to job creation and has a multiplying effect. Socially entrepreneurship empowers citizens‚ generate innovation and changes mindsets.
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Creating a Process-Driven Organization at AgCredit 1. Propose an organizational structure for the IT department that you feel would support the transformation of AgCredit into a process-centric organization. AgCredit should appoint a CEO who is responsible for carrying out the strategic plan and will ultimately responsible for managing company operations coupled with a Vice President would oversee operations‚ carry out the strategic plan set forth by the CEO‚ and manage the four separate
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DIPLOMA IN LOGISTIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PB 201 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PREPARED BY : NUR AMIRA BINTI MD LAZI MATRIX NUMBER : 30DLS12F1030 PREPARED FOR : MISS NORSHIMA BINTI SHA’ARI TITLE : STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO FIND ONE LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS ENTREPRENEUR TAN SRI TATPARANANDAN ANANDA KRISHNAN
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Superior Manufacturing is thinking of launching a new product. The company expects to sell $950‚000 of the new product in the first year and $1‚500‚000 each year thereafter. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 55% of sales. Indirect incremental costs are estimated at $80‚000 a year. The project requires a new plant that will cost a total of $1‚000‚000‚ which will be depreciated straight line over the next five years. The new line will also require an additional net investment in inventory
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