Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills (1+1)

6.2.5 Criteria for Evaluating EDPs

The behaviourial scientists used the following criteria to assess the effectiveness of EDPs in motivating the entrepreneurs:

(i) Activity level of the respondents.

(ii) New enterprise creation.

(iii) Employment generation in quantifiable terms.

(iv) Creation of job opportunities both directly and indirectly.

(v)  Increase in sales and profit.

(vi) Enterprise expansion.

(vii)  Enterprise transformation.

(viii)  Improvement in quality of products or services.

(ix) Repayment of loans.

(x) Total investments made.

(xi) Investments in fixed assets made.

(xii) Number of people employed.