Enterpreneurship Lec 17-32
Enterpreneurship Lec 17-32
Enterpreneurship Lec 17-32
Large, established companies are being forced to find new ways to adapt to increasing
pressure from smaller, faster and more agile companies. These new players are
identifying and exploiting opportunities by disrupting markets, taking market share and
threatening the very existence of established businesses.
But what is behind this concept, and what do you need to know about it? Let’s start with
a corporate entrepreneurship definition, and then cover four points that will bring you
right up to speed.
Get in touch today and find out how we can help you transform your business through
corporate entrepreneurship.
Innovation is the lifeblood of a company; without it, the company will die. But many
larger organisations struggle to innovate successfully due to their structures,
bureaucracy and culture. Implementing a corporate entrepreneurship program provides
companies with a systematic way of increasing their innovation capabilities, the benefits
of which can be huge:
Employee recruitment and retention: Allowing employees to pursue their ideas and
opportunities for the business leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. A result of this is
lower levels of staff turnover. In addition, companies that are known for encouraging
corporate entrepreneurship will in turn attract other talented, entrepreneurially minded
employees, creating a positive cycle.
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VENTURE CAPITAL (VC)
Origin and Evolution
The concept of venture capital is a relatively new phenomenon in the Indian industrial
scenario. It is a new financial service which facilitated the development of new breed of
entrepreneurs to start high-risk and high-technology projects for higher returns. As the name
suggests, it implies capital provided to start a new venture.
The origin of venture capital may be traced back to General Doritos who set up the
American Research and Development Fund (AR and D) at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1946 to finance the commercial exploitation of new technologies developed in
universities in USA. Allured by the performance of the AR and D, large companies in the USA
like Xerox, 3m and General Electric entered into the field of venture capital. The Japanese
suddenly followed the Americans and started venture capital division in their country.
The beginning of 1950 marked the growth of venture capital companies in different
countries. The origin of venture capital in UK is also traceable during the 19 th century when
European Merchant Bankers helped the growth of industry in their dominions like South Africa,
India and USA. Inspired by the success of venture capital abroad, many companies in India
came forward to promote venture capital. The TATA Group’s Investment Corporation of India
successfully developed a number of companies like Associated Bearings, CEAT Types during
the Independence period. In the post-Independence period, venture capital financing was first
started by IFCI which sponsored The Risk Capital Foundation In 1975.
Concept, Aims and Features of Venture Capital
Venture capital is a form of equity financing especially designed for funding high-risk,
high-technology and high-reward projects. It is equity finance based upon the fact that a
partnership can be formed between the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist or the investors
and thus, represents an attempt to innovative entrepreneurship which goes beyond the
conventional projects and project financing. Venture capital implies investment in such types of
enterprise where the uncertainties have yet to be reduced to risks. This type of capital is
provided to the entrepreneurs who have conceived good business ideas have sound knowledge
of the particular business but lack financial resources to implement them. Venture capital is
important enough to help the small and medium entrepreneurs to launch innovative enterprises.
Thus, venture capital can be defined as equity support to fund new concepts that involve
a high risk and at the same time, have high growth and profit potential.
Second step-Start-up: Financing for a firm that started up in the past one year. Funds are
utilized to pay for marketing and product development.
Third step-First round financing: Additional money to start sales and manufacturing after a
firm has spent its start-up capital.
Fourth step-Second round financing: Finance kept for working capital for a firm that is selling
its product, but is still losing money.
Fifth step-Third round financing: Financing for a firm that reaches breakeven point and is
contemplating an expansion project.
Sixth step-Fourth round financing: Money provided for firms that are likely to go public soon.
This is also known as bridge finance.
1. Venture capital scheme of IDBI: IDBI’s venture capital fund has been set up with an
initial corpus of Rs 10 crores. This scheme of IDBI has been emerging as major
source of venture-capital funding. It is designed especially to assist projects which
promote new and untested technologies in Indian conditions.
Apart from the above organizations, many of the players provide venture capital for the first
generation entrepreneurs.
SPONSORS
Advantages for sponsors
Contract farming with small farmers is more politically acceptable than, for example,
production on estates
Working with small farmers overcomes land constraints
Production is more reliable than open-market purchases and the sponsoring company
faces less risk by not being responsible for production
More consistent quality can be obtained than if purchases were made on the open
market
Problems faced by sponsors
Contracted farmers may face land constraints due to a lack of security of tenure, thus
jeopardizing sustainable long-term operations
Social and cultural constraints may affect farmers’ ability to produce to managers’
specifications
Poor management and lack of consultation with farmers may lead to farmer discontent
Farmers may sell outside the contract (extra-contractual marketing) thereby reducing
processing factory throughput
Farmers may divert inputs supplied on credit to other purposes, there by reducing yields
Kinds of partnerships:-
Permanent - Temporary
Long term - Need based
Bilateral - Indo-swiss, Indo-dutch etc.
Multilateral - world Bank, EU and other countries
Foreign donor - External donor + Govt + NGO
MNCs + Industry - De-Nocil, Kesoram, Nagarjuna.
NGO - Adarsh gaon (AnnaHazare), BAIF, Myrada, RDT etc.
Professional bodies- Univ. & Res. Institutes – ICAR, SAU, IVRI other universities.
The public & private sectors in agriculture and allied sectors can come together and work in
partnership mode in providing supply & services to farmers in following areas.
1. Input production & distribution
2. Human resource sharing
3. Marketing.
4. Extension delivery system
5. Enterprise establishment & management
6. Institutional
PARTNERSHIP SUCCESS FACTORS:
Need & demand based partnerships with common interest and objective are successful.
There must be compatibility among partners in the areas of their functioning.
Team spirit, Trust and Credibility sustain the partnerships longer.
All partners should have role clarity
Activity / project should be cost effective and must meet requirements of national & global
policies.
Partners should be constantly innovative & dynamic to face emerging challenges.
JOINT VENTURE
A joint venture is a new enterprise owned by two or more participants. It represents a
combination of subsets of assets contributed by two (or more) business entities for a specific
business purpose and a limited duration. It is essentially a medium to long-term contract which
is specific and flexible. Though, the joint venture represents a newly created business
enterprise, its participants continue to exist as separate firms. A joint venture can be organized
as a partnership firm, a corporation or any other form of business organization which the
participating firms choose to select. It is a restricted or a temporary partnership between two or
more firms to undertake jointly complete specific venture. It is a type of external growth strategy
adopted by business firms.
A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to
undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both
contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the
enterprise. The venture can be for one specific project only, or a continuing business
relationship. This is in contrast to a strategic alliance, which involves no equity stake by the
participants, and is a much less rigid arrangement. A joint venture may be a corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other legal structure, depending on a number of considerations
such as tax and liability. Joint ventures are similar to partnerships, but are usually limited to one
or two projects.
Joint ventures are of limited scope and duration. They involve only a small fraction of each
participant's total activities. Each partner must have something unique and important to offer the
venture and simultaneously provide a source of gain to the other participants. However, the
participants' competitive relationship need not be affected by the joint venture arrangement.
A small firm with a new product idea that involves high risk and requires relatively large
amounts of investment capital may form a joint venture with a large firm. The larger firm might
be able to carry the financial risks and be interested in becoming involved in a new business
activity that promises growth and profitability. In addition, the larger firm might thereby gain
experience in the new area of activity that may represent the opportunity for a major new
business thrust in the future. Tax advantage is a significant factor in many joint ventures. It also
helps in expanding the firm's operations into foreign countries. The local partners contribute in
the form of specialized knowledge about local conditions, which are essential to the success of
the venture.
Characteristics:
Contribution by partners of money, property, effort, knowledge, skill or other assets to
the common undertaking.
Joint property interest in the subject matter of the venture.
Right of mutual control or management of the enterprise.
Right to share in the property.
Reasons for forming a joint venture:
Build on company's strengths
Spreading costs and risks
Improving access to financial resources
Economies of scale and advantage of size
Access to new technologies and customers
Access to innovative managerial practices
30, 31. Overview of food industry inputs, Characteristics of Indian food processing
industries and export
Essential conditions for processing industry in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fishery, Dairy
and different Foods
Irrespective of the nature of raw materials or finished products, the food processing
industry should have the following basic conditions.
1. Food processing industry should be set up and run in a clean and Hygienic environment.
2. Availability of raw materials and infrastructural facilities, including trained manpower
must be ensured.
3. Strict quality control all through, form collection of raw materials to finished product, and
must be enforced.
4. Enhance shelf-life of products, with no contamination or deterioration of the product.
5. The food produced should be hygienic, wholesome and tasteful and Suit the taste of
consumers.
6. The produce should have good market demand and generate employment and income.
7. The endeavor should be economically viable and socially desirable.
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C
6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. C 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. B
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