Evaluating new venture opportunities
Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year
Subject: Entrepreneurship (MGT 225)
Unit 2: Growth of Entrepreneurship
Academic Year: 2083/84
Topic Objectives
After studying this topic, students should be able to:
- Explain the scope and key elements of evaluating new venture opportunities.
- Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.
Curriculum Scope
- Opportunities, government and suppliers
- Enterprise team, customers and competition
- Timing and resources
Detailed Microsyllabus
Opportunity assessment
- Define the customer problem and proposed solution.
- Assess suppliers, government context and competition.
- Evaluate the enterprise team's capabilities.
Feasibility
- Timing, resources and market readiness.
- Evidence supporting demand and delivery assumptions.
- Compare alternatives and identify critical uncertainties.
Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 54–56.
Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.