Entrepreneurial Management In Small Firms

Author : Ian Chaston
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446202197

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Entrepreneurial Management in Small Firms by Ian Chaston Pdf

Examining the crucial role of innovation and entrepreneurship in achieving growth and ongoing success in the small business sector, this book carefully examines the processes by which small businesses identify new opportunities, evolve appropriate marketing strategies, develop new products and services and successfully launch these into the market. The text: - Includes a dedicated chapter on social entrepreneurship and family firms - Explores issues of Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility - Packed with supporting "real world" case studies including Apple′s iPod, Facebook, Starbucks and YouTube to illustrate how entrepreneurial firms succeed. - Learning features including learning aims, summaries, points for discussion, and further reading. - Companion website with instructors′ manual and PowerPoint slides and access to full-text journal articles for students.

Author : David T. Cadden,Sandra L. Leuder,Flat World Knowledge (Firm),Saylor Foundation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 201?
Category : Small business
ISBN : 145334554X

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Small Business Management in the 21st Century by David T. Cadden,Sandra L. Leuder,Flat World Knowledge (Firm),Saylor Foundation Pdf

Author : Justin Longenecker
Publisher : Cengage Learning Canada Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780176728526

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Small Business Management by Justin Longenecker Pdf

Help your students realize their dreams of small business success with Small Business Management: Launching and Growing New Ventures, Sixth Canadian Edition. This text incorporates current theory and practice relating to starting, managing, and growing small firms. With well-balanced coverage of critical small business issues, innovative tools, engaging examples, and integrated resource package, Small Business Management provides instructors with the necessary tools to support the varied goals of those seeking independent business careers. Students appreciate the text’s clear and concise writing style that makes business concepts understandable, and the real-world examples and hands-on activities that help them understand how to apply those concepts. The sixth Canadian edition is available with MindTap, a powerful online platform that provides a clear learning path that gets students thinking like entrepreneurs.

Author : Darren Lee-Ross,Conrad Lashley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136440212

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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in the Hospitality Industry by Darren Lee-Ross,Conrad Lashley Pdf

Small businesses are the backbone of the tourism and hospitality industry and, depending on which statistics one uses, represent somewhere between 75 to 95 percent of all firms globally in this sector. The number of entrepreneurs has dramatically and uniformly increased globally over the last ten years. Divided into four sections, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in the Hospitality Industry takes an intuitive step-bystep progression through each stage of the entrepreneurial process: context, theoretical perspectives and definitions; Concept to reality; The business plan; Growth and the future. Ideal for students at any level, the chapters of this book invite you to ponder upon your reading through a series of ‘reflective practice’ activities. These, along with case studies, clearly defined chapter objectives, reflections, role-play activities and experiential exercises, allow you to both think actively about themes, concepts and issues and then apply them to a number of suggested scenarios. Perfect preparation for the up-and-coming entrepreneur!

Author : Simona Leonelli,Francesca Masciarelli
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781839108976

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Entrepreneurial Personality and Small Business Management by Simona Leonelli,Francesca Masciarelli Pdf

Entrepreneurial Personality and Small Business Management offers a comprehensive analysis with theoretical and empirical grounding for understanding how entrepreneurial personality shapes small business outcomes. It explores why entrepreneurs act differently when facing similar situations and why some are more successful than others. This book represents an important step towards the development of a more complete understanding of the entrepreneur’s role in a small firm.

Author : Justin Gooderl Longenecker,Terri Champion,Leo B. Donlevy,Carlos W. Moore,Leslie E. Palich,J. William Petty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : New business enterprises
ISBN : 0176503900

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Small Business Management by Justin Gooderl Longenecker,Terri Champion,Leo B. Donlevy,Carlos W. Moore,Leslie E. Palich,J. William Petty Pdf

Small Business Management: Launching and Growing New Ventures is a comprehensive guide for future business owners and entrepreneurs and provides a perfect balance between the theoretical side of starting and managing a small business and the practical application of the tasks of running a business.

Author : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business planning
ISBN : PSU:000067210787

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The Strategy of Small Firms by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud Pdf

The majority of businesses throughout the world are small firms and they play a crucial role in the economic growth of the world's economies. The authors offer a conceptual framework supported by their own original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning.

Author : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811395093

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Small Business Management by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud Pdf

This textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of small business management and challenges assumptions that may be held about the way small business management can or should adopt the management practices of larger firms. For students interested in establishing and managing their own small firm, this book helps them to focus their thinking on the realities of life as a small business owner-manager – both its challenges and its rewards. For postgraduate students that are keen to ‘make a difference’, this text enables them to understand how they might consult to small firms and assist owner-managers to establish and grow their ventures. In addition to students, this book is also useful to small business owner-managers as a general guide on how they might better manage their operations. Managers in large corporations and financial institutions who deal with small businesses as clients or suppliers, and professionals such as accountants, lawyers and consultants who provide advice and other services to small businesses will also find the book of interest.

Author : Hans Schöllhammer,Arthur H. Kuriloff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:39000008355807

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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management by Hans Schöllhammer,Arthur H. Kuriloff Pdf

Author : Norman M Scarborough,Thomas W Zimmerer,Doug Wilson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0136029361

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Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Value Package (Includes Business Feasibility Analysis Pro) by Norman M Scarborough,Thomas W Zimmerer,Doug Wilson Pdf

Author : David Stokes,Nicholas Wilson
Publisher : Cengage Learning EMEA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1844802248

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Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship by David Stokes,Nicholas Wilson Pdf

Now in its 5th edition this comprehensive, practically focused and highly accessible text explores the contexts, choices and strategies facing the small business venture, including extensive coverage of planning a new venture. Pedagogical features developed in response to market feedback include running case material to explore the same case situation from a number of different but interrelated angles, annotated further reading, new chapter-end real world case studies, learning objectives and linked chapter summaries – providing a student- and lecturer-friendly learning environment.Students on modules such as Personal Development and Effectiveness, Study Skills, Management Skills, Business Skills, Business Communication, Business Awareness, Managing Oneself and Others at – for example – BABS/BABA, HND/HNC, DMS, MBA levels will all find this a hugely valuable text through study and working life.

Author : Matthias Fink,Sascha Kraus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135227586

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The Management of Small and Medium Enterprises by Matthias Fink,Sascha Kraus Pdf

Due to the vital importance of SMEs in developed economies worldwide, this book aims to provide a unique and much-needed investigation into the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies by collecting a wide range of original conceptual and empirical research in the topical area of management in SMEs and new ventures. Collecting work from dozens of leading scholars in fields ranging from management and entrepeneurship to human resource management and strategy, this book aims to supply readers with an overview of the field of research in management of SMEs and new ventures as well as in depth knowledge on a variety of related topics. The essays collected here are focused and practical, offering a variety of explicit and pragmatic recommendations for action and developing new tools and strategies useful to scholars and students as well as practitioners working in the field of SME and new venture management and consulting.

Author : Thomas Zimmerer,Norman M. Scarborough,Douglas L. Wilson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000109983944

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Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management by Thomas Zimmerer,Norman M. Scarborough,Douglas L. Wilson Pdf

This fifth edition of the popular book introduces you to the processes of new venture creation and the critical knowledge needed to manage your business once it is formed. With the help of this book, readers can follow their dreams of becoming successful entrepreneurs.Topics include: the challenges of entrepreneurship, building a business plan, marketing considerations, e-commerce and the entrepreneur, advertising and pricing for profit, financial considerations and managing cash flow, building a competitive edge, and debt/equity and site and location considerations.For any person interested in owning, operating, and managing a small business. Also a handy reference for entrepreneurs and managers of small businesses.

Author : David Deakins,Mark S. Freel
Publisher : UK Higher Education Business Management
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 0077136454

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Entrepreneurship and Small Firms by David Deakins,Mark S. Freel Pdf

The sixth edition of Entrepreneurship and Small Firms has been fully revised and updated with contributions from leading academics in the field. Retaining the popular style of the previous editions and offering a clear and accessible introduction to the topic, this book provides a thorough coverage of entrepreneurial and small firm theory, concepts, evidence, policy and practice. Integrating academic theory with the day-to-day realities that entrepreneurs may encounter it furnishes the student with a comprehensive analysis of entrepreneurship. This well established text is justly popular for its clear and accessible approach, presenting the key topics of an entrepreneurship module in an engaging yet rigorous style. The book covers wide ranging topics from the economic influences on entrepreneurship and sources of finance, to issues of diversity, family business and social entrepreneurship. New to this edition is a chapter on Corporate Entrepreneurship offering students a unique insight into entrepreneurship activities in larger businesses and organizations.A reorganized chapter structure for the sixth edition allows students to navigate the four parts of the text from introductory concepts, the domains of entrepreneurship, through to strategy and to implementation. New part cases help to highlight the core themes and apply them to real business scenarios. The new edition retains a wealth of examples and cases throughout the chapters which illustrate entrepreneurship in action.

Author : Timothy S. Hatten
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781071848180

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Small Business Management by Timothy S. Hatten Pdf

Small Business Management, Eighth Edition equips students with the tools to navigate important financial, legal, marketing, and managerial decisions when creating and growing a sustainable small business. Author Timothy S. Hatten provides new cases, real-world examples, and illuminating features that spotlight the diverse, innovative contributions of small business owners to the economy. Whether your students dream of launching a new venture, purchasing a franchise, managing a lifestyle business, or joining the family company, they will learn important best practices for competing in the modern business world. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your Sage representative to request a demo. Learning Platform / Courseware Sage Vantage is an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. It′s a learning platform you, and your students, will actually love. Learn more. Assignable Video with Assessment Assignable video (available in Sage Vantage) is tied to learning objectives and curated exclusively for this text to bring concepts to life. Watch a sample video now. LMS Cartridge: Import this title’s instructor resources into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don’t use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn more.