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1) Exporting
2) Nonequity arrangements
Back-End Operations
Operations that happens beyond the web page
Seamless integration of customers orders
Distribution channels, manufacturing capabilities
Integration of Front and Back end Operation
is a Challenge but provide opportunity for
developing competitive advantage
Business Models and Strategies
A business Model is a plan for earning profit and the
configuration of a business
B2C ( Business to Consumer) Business Model: Selling
directly to the final consumer and end user. It is
sometimes called e-tailing
B2B ( Business to Business ) Business Model: Final user
is not an individual consumer but another company.
Saves back office bookkeeping, sales, and admin cost as
they are industry specific
Business Models and Strategies
B2B2C Business Model: Produces a product for another
business that then markets it to the consumers.
Niches: Niche business on the web can be defined as a
firm that targets a very specific market segment,
provides that segment with a complete vertical supply
chain or specializes in a very specific kind of product
Click and Bricks: Combination of a physical presence
business and an Internet business.
Roll-Ups business Model: Buying of many of smaller
competitors.
Business Models and Strategies
Advertising Models: Earnings through advertising on
others site
Pay for the content Model: Users must pay to access a
website.
Business Incubation
Most of the creative idea are never taken up to
development stage
They have difficulty in starting up the business.
Business Incubation is the process of assisting new
venture to getting started.
The basis purpose of incubator is to increase the chances
of survival for new start up businesses.
They provide services from physical amenities to support
services
Business Incubation
Business Incubator provide facility with adaptable
space that small business can lease on flexible terms
and at reduced rents
Also provides services technical, financial, managerial
and administrative
These are available and shared, depending on the size
and nature of tenants needs
Service Benefits
Below the market rate rental space on flexible terms
Elimination of building Maintenance responsibilities
Sharing of equipment and services that would
otherwise be unavailable or unaffordable.
Access to various types of financial and technical
assistance
Provision of an environment where small business are
not alone, thereby reducing the anxiety of starting a
new venture
Business Incubation: Amenities
Centrex Phone System Notary Public
Staffed Reception Area Translation Services
Business Ref Library Conference Rooms
Mail room Child Day Care Center
Federal Express Coffee Shop
Shipping/ Receiving Affordable Space
Facsimile Flexible Space
Typing and Secretarial Flexible Leases
Data and Word
Processing
Business Incubation: Services
Accounting Services
Business and Financial
Planning
Marketing and Advertising
Loan Packaging
Legal Services
Tax and Financial Services
Seminars
Types of Incubators
Publicly Sponsored
Organized through Government, city economic
development departments, urban renewal authorities,
regional planning and development commission
Job creation is main focus
Non Profit Sponsored:
Organize and managed through industrial development
association of private industry, chamber of commerce or
community based organizations
Area development is major objective
Types of Incubators
University Related:
They are spin off of academic research projects
Mostly science and technology incubators
Main focus to translate findings of basic research into
development of new product
Privately Sponsored:
Organized and managed by private corporations
Main objective to make profit
The Environment for
Entrepreneurship
These are the factors effects the business operations
and decisions
Two types
External Environment: (Opportunities and threats )
Outside the organization
Task Environment
• Stock holders
• Suppliers
• Competitors
• Intermediaries
• Comsumers
Societal
Environment
Socio-cultural
forces
Economic Forces
Technological
Forces
Political and Legal
Forces
PEST-N
Political Env Economic Socio- Technologica Natural
Env Cultural Env l
Business Purchasing Demography Pace of Supply of Raw
Legislation Power Technological Material
Development
Changing Spending Cultural Env R and D Cost Cost of Energy
Legislation Pattern
Enforcement Consumer Regulations Increased
Agencies Movement Pollution
Power Blocks Govt
Interventions
Increased
Social
Responsibility
Environmental Analysis: Analysis of
business environment includes
Scanning to detect Change: Identifying key elements
and theirs characteristics
Monitoring to track development: Evolution,
development and sequence of critical events that affect
the survival and profitability
Forecasting to project future: To develop projections
eg,. Direction of interest rates, level of prices
Assessing to interpret data:
Political and Governmental
Analysis
Political analysis gives the entrepreneur a feeling for
what is possible, what is probable and what is unlikely.
It is a segment where different interest groups compete
for their interest to establish their own values and their
own goals.
An organized group of entrepreneurs can influence
the political sector
Political and Governmental
Analysis
Three issues should be analyzed
Global and International Issue
Trade barriers and Tariffs: Hinders free flow of resources
across national boundaries
Trade Agreements:
Political Risk
National Issues
Taxation
Regulations
Patent Protection
Government Spending
Political and Governmental
Analysis
State, Regional and Local Issues
Licensing
Securities and Incorporation Law
Incentives
Government Policies
Policy is generally made or initiated by
government .
Policy is interpreted and implemented by public
and private actors.
Policy is what the government intends to do but
chooses not to do
Government’s deliberate plan of action to guide
decisions and achieve rational outcome(s).
Government Policies and
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial activity leads to economic growth and
helps to reduce poverty and foster stability.
It is in the interest of all that governments implement
policies to foster entrepreneurship and reap the
benefits of its activity.
Promotes entrepreneurship through industrial policy,
industrial act, commercial policy
Government Policies and
Entrepreneurship
Government should make following changes in
policies to create positive business environment
Simplification of labour policies
Reforms in the tax policy
Streamlining legal framework for enterprise creation,
operation and liquidation
Make efforts to create competitive market: remove
monopolies
Condt….
Simplification of regulation for investment, production,
marketing, prices, FDIs and technology transfer
The policies should be formulated after discussion with
parties likely to be affected
Transparency of policies and their implementation
should be there.
Government Policies and
Entrepreneurship
Strategies for encouraging entrepreneurship are:
changes in tax policy
regulatory policy
access to capital
the legal protection of property rights.
Tax Policy
Taxes increase the cost of the activity taxed, thereby
discouraging entrepreneurship
Therefore, policymakers need to balance the goals of
raising revenue and promoting entrepreneurship
Corporate tax rate reductions and tax deductions for
businesses are methods for encouraging business
growth.
Regulatory Policies
The simpler the regulatory process, the greater the
likelihood of small business expansion
Reducing the cost of compliance with government
regulations is also helpful.
To promote entrepreneurs governments can provide
one-stop service centers where entrepreneurs can find
assistance
Access to Capital
If the government has policy to assist potential
entrepreneurs with finding money for start-ups, then
climate for entrepreneurship becomes favorable
In the United States, the Small Business
Administration (SBA) helps entrepreneurs get funds.
Protection of IPR
If innovations are not legally protected through
patents, copyrights, and trademarks, entrepreneurs are
unlikely to engage in the risks necessary to invent new
products or new methods
Business Env. In Nepal
Economic Environment
Began in 1950 with mixed economic model. By then it
was largely rural and agro based.
Recent liberalization economic policy has enhanced
linkages to rest of work with MNC’s entry
Monetary and Fiscal Policies: NRB prescribes the
monetary policies and affects demand and supply of
money. Objective of MP is economic growth and
stability
Income Distribution: Poor- US$ 250 to US$ 300 per
capita income and highly skewed.
Economic Environment
Industrial policies: aims at increasing contribution of
industries to GDP, Create employment opportunities,
promote balanced regional development, encouraging
FDI
Privatization Policies: Aims at increasing productivity of
public enterprise, decrease financial and admin cost of
govt and encourage private to take public undertakings
Trade and Transit Policies: Encourage private sector for
export and promotion, Increase employment in export
industries
Socio Cultural
Education: Half of population illiterate. Privatization
of education is increasing the literacy rate
Demography: Population about 24 million. Majority
are below 14 of age, internal migration high,
Religion/Beliefs:
Technological Env
Level of Technology: Labor intensive, Have
understood the importance of having capital intensive
technology
Pace of Technological Change: Slow Change, Due to
high cost of technological replacement the the change
is slow
Research and Development: Very minimum R and D,
Companies allocate very little budget
Political Environment
Multi-party parliamentary political system in 1990.
Very unstable government
Political parties: Various party with different ideologies,
they are increasingly power centric functioning, intra
party conflicts.
Legal Framework
Administrative Policies:
Legal Acts in Nepal
General Business Legislation
Private Firms Registration Act
Partnership Act
Company Act
Cooperative Act
Industrial Enterprise Act
Contract Act
Arbitration Act
Legal Acts in Nepal
Labour Legislation
Bonus Act
Industrial Training Act
Labour Act
Trade Union Act
Labour court Regulation Act
Child Labour Act
Legal Acts in Nepal
Finance and Investment Legislation
Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
Taxation Acts : Income tax Act, Value added Tax Act,
Customs Act
Export- Import Act
Legal Acts in Nepal
Social and Consumer Protection Legislation
Patent, Design and Trademark Act
Copyright Act
Black Market and some other social crime and
Punishment Act
Food Act
Nepal Standardization Act
Consumer Protection Act
Environmental acts
Incentives and Facilities
10 % deduction shall be allowed on deduction against
taxable income for incorporating new technology,
product development and efficiency development
Excise duty shall be reimbursed for industries utilizing
locally available raw materials, chemicals and packing
materials
Customes duty and excise duty on raw materials shall
be reimbursed on the basis of quantity to exprot
No royalty shall be imposed of any industry generating
electricity for its use
Concession and facilities of tax
Expenses occurred to reduce pollution, minimize the
adverse environment effects and R and D expenditure
are deductible from taxable income
Manufacturing industry providing 500 citizens shall
get tax rebate of 10 percent
Industry established in certain under developed
remote and semi developed area are given rebates
ranging from 20 to 30 percent
10 year tax holiday in industries established in certain
under developed area
Concession and facilities of tax
Five years tax holiday for industries established in
special economic zone and 50 percent tax rebate after
five years
10 years income tax holiday for industries established
in hilly region
Strategic Alliance
A strategic alliance is a business arrangement in which
two or more firms cooperate for their mutual benefit.
Created for sharing knowledge, expertise, and
expenses as well as to gain entry to new markets or to
gain a competitive advantage in one
Strategic alliance may turn actual or potential
competitors into partners working toward a common
goal.
Use of strategic alliances has become a major tool for
businesses that are internationalizing their operations
Strategic Alliance
JOINT VENTURE-BASED STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
A joint venture is created when two or more firms work
together to form a new business entity that is separate
from its "parents." (Not all joint ventures fit this
definition, joint ventures by acquisitions are exceptions.)
Joint Venture through subsidiary: Most common
Joint venture through acquisition
Joint venture through Merger
Strategic Alliance
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES NOT BASED ON JOINT
VENTURES.
Formed for a limited purpose and is more narrow in its
operations
Tend to be less stable and last for shorter terms
Strategic Alliance
Benefits
MARKET ENTRY: Standard bank of british south
Africa and Chartered bank of India, Australia and
China
SHARING RISKS AND EXPENSES
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERTISE
GAINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Networking
Networking is the process of creating alliance with
people and organization beyond the immediate
boundaries of the venture.
Linking up with right people to get things done
It opens channels to resources, market and expertise
Networking
Entrepreneurs generally creates two types of networks.
Personal Networks: Within immediate circles of daily
relationships
Social Networks: Loosely connected affiliations within
the community or industry,
Questions
What do you mean by e-commerce? Explain the
opportunities and challenges of e-commerce in the
context of Nepalese business
What do you understand by environment for
entrepreneurship? Briefly explain the provision made
by the Nepalese Government in providing
environment for entrepreneurship in Nepal.
Define e-entrepreneurship? Describe the challenges
and opportunities of e-entrepreneurship
Questions
Explain exporting and franchising as international
opportunities for an entrepreneur
Which are the major areas, where the
entrepreneurship need government support? Discuss
in Nepalese context
Discuss the use of exporting as a method of entering
into global market
Environment is a dynamic factor which provides
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Explain the statement in context of entrepreneurship
Questions
Discuss the use of franchising as a method of entering
into international market
What are the major factors, which positively influence
the development of entrepreneurship in Nepal