engines of economic growth
▪Entrepreneurship is perceived to be
the symbol of business innovation,
determination, perseverance and
achievement.
▪It is a catchword in this era
of globalized economy
▪It is a foundation and catalyst
for economic growth and
innovation across nation
▪Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) are concrete manifestations
of entrepreneurship.
▪Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian
economist, was the one who first
articulated the importance of
entrepreneurship to the economy
and in the society in 1934.
DEFINITION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FROM EARLY ON TO PRESENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
▪Knight 1921 – having profits from
bearing uncertainty and risk
▪Schumpeter 1934 – carrying out of
new combinations of firm
organization—new products, new
services, new sources of raw
material, new methods of
production, new markets, new forms
of organization
▪Hoselitz 1952 – uncertainty bearing…
coordination of productive
resources… introduction of
innovations and provision of capital.
▪Cole 1959 – purposeful activity to
initiate and develop a profit oriented
business.
▪McClelland 1961 – taking moderate
risk
▪Shapero 19tt5 – a kind of behavior
that includes : initiative taking,
organizing or reorganizing of social
economic mechanisms to turn
resources and situations to practical
account and the acceptance of risk
failure
▪Casson 1982 – decisions and
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS ATTRIBUTED
TO ENTREPRENEURS
▪Confidence
▪Flexibility
▪Need to achieve
▪Responsibility
▪Commitment
▪Creativity
▪Persevering
▪ftoal-oriented
▪Realistic
▪Sincere
▪Hardworking
▪Visionary
▪Disciplined
▪Feedback seeking
▪Moderate risk-taker
COMMON PROFILE DIMENSIONS OF
ENTREPRENEUR APPLICABLE EVEN AMONft
FILIPINO ENTREPRENEURS
▪Calculated risk-taking is doing
everything possible to get the odds in
their favor, often avoiding taking
unnecessary risks.
▪Commitment is the unwavering
dedication to work for the common
good of the society through one’s
business
▪Feedback-seeking is the taking of steps
to know how well they are doing and
how they might improve their
performance.
▪Perseverance is the determination to
succeed by overcoming obstacles and
setbacks
▪Drive to achieve is the internal desire to
10.The Functional Competencies are
those skills, organized into clusters,
regarding the main areas of
managerial knowledge such as
accountancy, finance, control,
marketing, HR management,
organization, operations,
internationalization, strategy and
other capabilities that enable the
entrepreneur to manage the
organization.
11.The Emotional Competencies are
those specific behaviors grouped
into five clusters namely: self-
awareness, self-management,
social awareness, relationship
management and cognitive
competencies.
12.The Cross-Functional
Competencies are those broad
overall skills that are grouped into
goal and action management
cluster, people management
cluster and analytical reasoning
cluster
THE SIX COMPETENCIES
•Opportunity competencies –
related to recognizing and
developing market opportunities
through various means
•Relationship competencies –
related to person to person or
individual to grouped based
interactions, i.e., building a context
of cooperation and trust, using