Acc. to Richard Cantillon, entrepreneurs are risk takers and bearers of uncertainty
Cantillon first coined the term entrepreneur in the early 1700s
Richard Cantillon : 18th century
Jean Baptiste-Say: 19th century
Jean Baptiste-Say: French economist and businessman
Acc. to Jean, entrepreneurship plays an indispensable role in promoting economic growth
Acc. to Jean, "The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield".
Father of Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter
Creative Destruction: established ways of doing things are destroyed by the creation of new and better ways of getting things done
Acc. to Schumpeter: entrepreneurs "are innovators who seek opportunities and leads existing means of production to new channels"
Acc. to Schumpeter also: entrepreneurs "are innovators who use process to shatter the status quo through new methods"
"The Theory of Economic Development" by Joseph Schumpeter
the Theory of Economic Development emphasized the role of entrepreneurs in the process of economic transformation
Acc. to the theory of economic development, through their business ventures, entrepreneurs introduce to the market innovations in the form of new products, new processes, new markets, and new organizations.
The Father of ModernManagement: Peter Drucker (20th century)
Acc. to Drucker: The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."
21st Century Prominent Theorists: Donald F. Kuratko & Richard M. Hodgetts
Kuratko - Florida International University
Hodgetts - Indiana University - Bloomington
Acc. to 21st: Entrepreneurship is pioneership on the frontier business
ReidHoffman: An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
an entrepreneur is self-employed and a single proprietor
Roles of Entrepreneurs:
for INDIVIDUALS: create jobs & improve daily life
for INSTITUTIONS: create technology to improve economic efficiency & solve environmental and socio-economic challenges
for THE WORLD: share ideas and innovations with other markets
MSME - Micro, Small, & Medium Enterprises
Micro Business: 1-9 employees, up to P3,000,000 by asset size
Small: 10-99 employees, P3,000,001 - P15,000,000
Medium: 100-199, P15,000,001 - P100,000,000
Large: 200+ employeees, P100,000,000+
Top 5 Industry Sectors Acc. to the Number of MSMEs in 2022:
Wholesale and RetailTrade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
Accommodation and Food Service Activities
Other Industry Sectors
Manufacturing
Other Service Activities
Financial and Insurance Activities
99.58% of all firms are MSMEs, employing 65% of the labor force
51% of the registered MSMEs are owned by women
SME and large enterprises are mostly found in and around Metro Manila
Micro enterprises are relatively less geographically concentrated