Promotion of a Venture Opportunity Analysis Notes of Entrepreneurship

Promotion of a Venture Opportunity Analysis Notes of Entrepreneurship

Promotion of a Venture Opportunity Analysis Notes of Entrepreneurship :- Hello friends in this post we are provided the materials of the b.com second part its name is fundamental of Business Entrepreneurship notes and its the first chapter of this subject and in this article you learn many more knowledge of Entrepreneurship like as Promotion of a Venture, Meaning of opportunity, Objectives of Identification of business opportunities, meaning of opportunity analysis, factors of opportunity analysis or sources of opportunities analysis,

Promotion of a Venture :  Opportunity Analysis

Is meant by opportunity analysis ? Describe in brief the main factors of opportunity analysis.

Or

What are the sources of business opportunity  analysis ? Describe each in brief.

How would you go about opportunity analysis while  looking for promotion of a venture.

PROMOTION OF A VENTURE

“Promotion of a venture” means initiating all necessary efforts  required to form a business or any other enterprise. Promotion starts from the stage of ‘conceiving an idea of forming an enterprise  and ends with its actually being established, and if necessary or  desirable then being registered as per law.’

According to C. W. Grestenbeg : “Promotion may be defined as  the discovery of business opportunities and the subsequent organization of funds, property, and managerial ability into a business  concern for the purpose of making profit there form  Entrepreneur identifies the opportunities and investigates  which of them are profit yielding from economic point of views. If he finds the venture profit yielding then he takes the second step, that is of collecting the important resources. iz., land resources, human resources, natural resources and labour etc.

Meaning OF OPPORTUNITY

Opportunity is a positive trend in external environment. It is an attractive project idea whicn an entrepreneur accepts as a basis for his investment decision. Finding out the possibilities of a business is generally regarded as identification of business   opportunity. A mere “possibility” is to be distinguished from business “opportunity”. Good business ideas must be capable Of being converted into feasible projects. Entrepreneurs generally have different possibilities and select only highest reward paying possibly for execution. Thus, a business possibility may take the shape business opportunity fit proves as commercially viable.

OBJECTIVES OF IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESS  OPPORTUNITIES

An entrepreneur desirous of investing on a project has to look for suitable opportunities. This is not simple, since he has a very wide choice, and the dimensions of the choice are . product/service,  technology, equipment, scale of production, market, time-phasing and location. The vast range of opportunities makes the task Of identification very difficult. The main objectives of identification of business opportunities may be summarised as follows :

(i) To evaluate the possibilities of utilising physical resources of a particular region from the technical angle.

(ii) To identify those industries which are not based on local resources

(iii) To identify the industrial potentialities in particular region and country as a whole.

(iv) To estimate the capital, labour, transport, power, fuel, raw material for feasible industries.

(v) To estimate the capital, labour, transport, power, fuel, raw material for feasible industries.

(vi) To explore the development possibilities of the region with regard to agriculture, minerals, labour, irrigation etc.

(vii) To identify those areas and directions which are necessary for the balanced growth of region.

(viii) To evaluate the impact of financial resources, production, employment in industrial development process.

 

MEANING OF OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS

Before taking a decision to implement new ideas, it is necessary to study in depth their profitability and viability so that the venture  may be successful and there may be reasonable return on investment. Such studies are called opportunity analysis and is done in various ways. While selecting a project, a prospective entrepreneur as to consider various aspects like input, output, social cost and benefits. An entrepreneur is always on lookout for potential  profitable opportunities and exploits them in the best interest of his enterprise. Various factors such as financial and non-financial incentives provided by the government, availability of markets and environmental factors etc. are also considered by the prospective entrepreneur in the process of opportunity analysis.

FACTORS OF OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS OR SOURCES OF OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS

Following factors or sources are included in the opportunities  analysis :

(1) Market and Demand Analysis : Success of an business unit not depends on the amount of production but mainly on the fact that what amount of goods it can be sold in the market. Therefore, market and demand analysis is considered origin of opportunity analysis. Size of a business unit and technology used in it depends to a great extent on its market size and demand of customers. Hence, it is very essential that demand estimates are properly made and all the relevant factors must be taken into consideration like population, GDP growth, per capita consumption, competition with substitutes and imports, technical norms of consumption in case of intermediate goods and growth in the consuming industry. If anyone of these factor is not assessed correctly it is most likely that estimates may not be correct. 

(2) Resource Analysis : entrepreneur has to see whether adequate amount of resourcs such as land, raw-material, machines, technology, financial sources, man-power etc. are available or not. If the adequate amount of these resources are not available then project will be assumed as come to an end. On the contrary, if resources are available then an entrepreneur has to see the sources and method of acquiring these resources.

(3) Technical Analysis : Technical possibilities for establishing a project is analysed in the technical analysis. If it is found that from the technical point of view project establishment is not feasible then no question arises to consider other factors. Scientific and Industrial Research have developed several new processes and technologies which offer opportunities for commercial exploitation But before applying new technology, it is necessary to get opinion Of

experts and study all related facts properly to assess the effects Of  changing. 

(4) Business Environment Analysis environment analysis is necessary before establishment of a new enterprise. An important aspect of the business environment affecting investment opportunities is the government’s policy framework. Main factors affecting the business environment are as follows :

(i) Industrial policy, (ii) Licensing policy, (iii) Industrial Development and Regulation Act, (iv) Price Control Policy, (v) Distribution System, (vi) Incentives for industries in backward region, (vii) Incentives for small scale units, (viii) Incentives for export-oriented units, (ix) Recrulation of Foreign Exchange, (x) Assessment of profitability and position of existing industr.es etc.

(5) Financial Analysis : Financial analysis is a broad under which availability of financial resources and profitability of a project is analysed. Various factors such as cost of project, cost of raw-material, technical cost, marketing cost, operating cost etc. are considered in the financial analysis. Generally, financial analysis study the following aspects :

(i) Total Cost of ‘a project including cost of land, building, machines, raw material, cash flow etc.

(ii) Sources and requirements of fixed and working capital.

(iii) Expected sales, terms of credit, income, profit, interest, return on investment etc.

(iv) Assistance and financial concessions from the government.

(v) Social profit analysis in case of public enterprises.

(vi) Return on capital investment.

(6) Risk Analysis : Various types of risks are found in a particular business in which economic risk, social risk, environmental  risk,. technical risk etc. are the main risks. With the change of business environment, nature and extent of risk also get changed. An entrepreneur has to decide in the identification of opportunity analysis that what amount of risk is involved in availing opportunity  and upto what extent risk acceptånce will prove profitable to him.

(7) Plant Location and Layout Situation : The main object Of plant location analysis is to find out the place where plant is to be established. The decision of plant location depends upon various factors such as, availability of raw material, labour, power supply, transportation facilities, communication and bank facilities, social amenities, service facilities, market etc. The government also allows Certain incentives and concessions for industries development in

backward areas such as, concessions in taxes, facilities of training, light and land at cheaper rates, financial subsidies, facilities for import of raw-material etc. An entrepreneur should take into consideration all these factors while deciding the plant location.  An entrepreneur should also prepare best layout so that he can produce maximum production at lower cost. 

(8) Evaluation Analysis : It is the last stage of opportunities analysis. Following are included in the evaluation analysis : 

(i) Evaluation of various aspects of project.

(ii) Evaluation of economic profitability.

(iii) Evaluation of Social profitability.

(iv) Evaluation of cost of project.

(v) Evaluation of availability of essential resources.

(vi) Evaluation of existing competition.

(vii) Evaluation of competition in global market.

(viii) Evaluation of effects of there external factors.

 


 

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