Department of Entrepreneurship

Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

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 Significance
of
Entrepreneurship

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A land like no other !!!
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SRI LANKA ????

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Where is Sri Lanka Today ?

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 Where is Sri Lanka Today ?
Country Per Capita Per Capita Per Capita Per Capita
Income Income Income Income
1950-$ 2000-$ 2017- $ 2018- $

Sri Lanka 89 899 4,085 4,102

Japan 90 32,000 38,440 39,287

Singapore 30 28,000 57,722 64,567

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 Sri Lankan GDP

Source :https://knoema.com/atlas/Sri-Lanka/GDP-per-capita

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Government Debt

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 Foreign Employment

Category Number % Number %

(2015) (2015) (2016) (2016)
Professional 6,251 2.4 6,574 2.7
Middle Level 6,951 2.6 8,235 3.4
Clerical & 12,501 4.7 10,864 4.5
Related
Skilled Labor 81,682 31.0 76,559 31.5
Semi-skilled 4,847 1.8 3,930 1.6
Labor
Unskilled Labor 77,985 29.6 71,641 29.5
Housemaid 73,226 27.8 65,127 26.8

Source: CBSL Annual Report/2016/Page 140

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 Our Export and Import

Source :https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/LKA/Year/LTST/Summary
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 Our Export and Import Cont…

Annual Dairy Products Imports (2015)

USS 250.9 (Millions)
Rs. 35,126,000,000.00

Cost per day

Rs. 96,235,616.44

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 World’s Top 10 Companies in 2017
The Fortune Global 500 top 10 list by annual revenue for their
respective fiscal years ending on or before March 31, 2017.

1. WalMart Stores (US) - $485.8bn

2. State Grid (China) - $315.1bn
3. Sinopec (China) - $267.5bn
4. China Natural Petroleum (China) - $262.6bn
5. Toyota Motor (Japan) - $254.7bn
6. Volkswagen (Germany) - $240.2bn
7. Royal Dutch Shell (Netherlands) - $240bn
8. Berkshire Hathaway (US) - $223.6bn
9. Apple (US) - $215.6bn
10.Exxon Mobil (US) - $205bn
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/07/20/revealed-worlds-10-largest-
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GDP Growth Rate - China

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GDP Growth Rate - India

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Sri Lankan GDP Growth Rate

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Some parts of our World!

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What they lack? and What we lack?

• Land ?
• Labour ?
• Capital ?
• Entrepreneurship ?
Another end of our World!

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What
they
have ??
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 What they have?

• Land ?
• Labour ?
• Capital ?
• Entrepreneurship ?

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Where are we ????

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SRI LANKA ????

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A land like no other !!!
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 Mental
Programming

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We, the Sri Lankans are programmed not to take
risks as these people do!

Moment daredevil skydiver Luke Aikins

becomes the first man to jump 25,000ft from a
plane and land safely WITHOUT a parachute
30.07.2016

Risks

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State of
Creativity
and
Innovation ?

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What do We
Lack?
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Entrepreneurship ???

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Entrepreneurship is regarded as the engine of economic growth

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Entrepreneurial behaviour has been identified as a
powerful strategy for improving business
performance

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 Developing the degree of entrepreneurship of
businesses is a highly viable strategy for ensuring
growth of Asian economies (APO, 2014)

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Global Entrepreneurship Index (GDI) Ranking - 2019
Selected Emerging Asian Countries

Country Score Rank

Taiwan 78.0 18
South Korea 53.4 20
Singapore 66.0 27
China 34.9 34
Malaysia 37.0 43
Thailand 33.4 54
Vietnam 28.2 75
Philippines 27.0 86
Lao 25.9 101
Sri Lanka 25.5 102

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If these guys can play foot ball
without legs …
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If Jessica Cox can be a Pilot
without arms…

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 If Nick Vujicic can succeed as a
motivational speaker with no legs
and arms… 41
Sky is your limit !!!

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 Leave the Negativity in
Sri Lankan You !!!

Free
Education ..!
Free
Health…!!
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 Don’t be afraid of others,
because they are bigger than you.
The real size could be measured in
the Wisdom!!!

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Be like them to Build Mother Lanka

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Be a Proud Sri Lankan
Entrepreneur !!!
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Thank You!

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