Read the following case study and answer questions. What do you need to be a business person? Was the opening question the anchor of a television interview asked to an eminent business personality. "Cash" she heard and thought that her interview is going to be a spoil. For it was an answer so obvious and exhaustive that there was not anything else to talk and or this is what she thought. |
In relation to economic development, entrepreneurs contribute to: |
Less employment generation Decline in GDP Decrease in capital formation Creating business opportunities for others |
Creating business opportunities for others |
The correct answer is option 4- Creating business opportunities for others. In relation to economic development, entrepreneurs contribute to create business opportunities for others.
Generation of Business Opportunities for Others: Every new business creates opportunities for the suppliers of inputs (this is referred to as backward linkages) and the marketers of the output (what is referred to as forward linkages). As a pen manufacturer you would create opportunities for refill manufacturers as well as wholesalers and retailers of stationery products. These immediate linkages induce further linkages. For example greater opportunities for refill manufacturers would mean expansion of business for ink manufacturers. In general, there are greater opportunities for transporters, advertisers, and, so on. So, via a chain-reaction, entrepreneurship provides a spur to the level of economic activity. |