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- 1. Technopreneurship:The IT Viewpoint
Andre Joseph T. Fournier
Masters of Business Process Management 2012
Faculty of Science & Technology
ALAS 2011 - 2. 4 Types of Entrepreneurship
Incremental
- Routine business, modest novelty (new coffee shop, new BPO)
- Imitation of venture, same business model and template (new regional branch, franchised operations)
- 3. 4 Types of Entrepreneurship
Rent-seeking
- Business that utilizes standards, regulations and laws to share in value of enterprise (licensing of patented ideas, products or trade secrets - Coca Cola Export)
- Business based on innovation (new cure for infectious diseases, new production method to bring down drug cost, new DVD format, new memory chip, ICT-enhanced home appliance)
- 4. Technopreneurship Defined
High tech ventures in ICT, electronics, internet, life sciences and biotech, such as: Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Genentech (upcoming: nanotech, materials, energy, environment)
Service firms where technology is critical to their mission, such as: e-Bay, FEDEX, SMART money transfer, e-learning - 5. Other definitions of Technopreneurship
- Delivery or design of High Tech product like Computer hardware or devices
- 6. Use of technology in the delivery or conduct of normal business activities
- 7. A combination of both