• DocumentCode
    1499701
  • Title

    The Outsourcing as a lever Propulsora entrepreneurship in Creating Small Business: A Case Study

  • Author

    Prado, M.L. ; Machado, E. ; Lapolli, E.M. ; Souza, V.A.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1504
  • Lastpage
    1510
  • Abstract
    This article is based on a case study with the objective to characterize the entrepreneurial behavior of a outsourced small company businessman in the telecommunications industry. To achieve this goal we carried out a literature review on outsourcing and entrepreneurship. The privatization of the telecommunications sector in the nineties in Brazil, global competition among dealers of these services, the core business focus as a trend in business administration, rationalization and specialization of companies, and the rise of outsourcing economy as a keyword in the pursuance for increased profitability and reduced costs, have meant that telecommunications service providers outsource much of their services, especially those relating to sales and installation of products and services. This is the context where the small business developed from the businessman entrepreneurial vision. The behavior of the investigated entrepreneur was identified through the application of an opened question interview with qualitative approach.
  • Keywords
    business communication; outsourcing; profitability; telecommunication industry; telecommunication services; business administration; business rationalization; business specialization; businessman entrepreneurial vision; cost reduction; entrepreneurial behavior; growth entrepreneurship; opened question interview; outsourcing economy; profitability; qualitative approach; small business creation; telecommunications industry; telecommunications sector; telecommunications service providers; Companies; Face; Innovation management; Laser radar; Outsourcing; Telecommunications; Entrepreneurship; Oportunity; Outsourcing; Telecomunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1548-0992
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TLA.2012.6187593
  • Filename
    6187593