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Author : G. Nieman,M. Pretorius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1741233895
Author : Gideon Nieman,Marius Pretorius
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 070216125X
The problems inherent in the business venture life cycle are discussed theoretically and applied to case studies in this business guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners on growth and management strategies for business start-ups.
Author : Rupert Merson,The Economist
Publisher : The Economist
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610395175
The how-to guide to tackling business growth problems head on Responding effectively to the demands of a growing company, regardless of size, is one of the great challenges facing businesses in this increasingly competitive climate. Successful growth requires careful attention to the robustness of organizational structure and systems as well as reconciling the different speeds at which different division within a company may develop. Guide to Managing Growth is one of the first and only books to explicitly address these challenges, and help prepare business leaders to grow their business in productive, successful ways. • Written by Rupert Merson of the London Business School • Business growth needs intelligent and sensitive management • Applicable to all types of business: young or more mature, small or substantial • Examines the change growth brings to every aspect of the business—people management, marketing, customer and client management, financial management, organizational design, and performance management and measurement Jargon-free and to the point, Guide to Managing Growth explores the different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics that will enable businesses to address the issues they face and move forward to a bigger and even more successful future.
Author : David Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317753148
Starting a new business takes a lot of energy and organization. The failure rate is alarmingly high and the task can look herculean at the outset. This new textbook provides a simple guide to help plan a successful new business, taking entrepreneurs and students through the steps required to avoid pitfalls and get a business going. Unlike most entrepreneurship textbooks, the author avoids dwelling on theories in favour of providing effective and practical guidance on how to start and manage a profitable business, with a focus on new ventures operating in high-growth, innovative sectors. Written by an expert with experience in academia and business consulting, this concise textbook will be valuable reading for students of entrepreneurship, new ventures and small business. The practical focus of the book means that it will be useful both for students in the classroom and for entrepreneurs wanting to start a new business.
Author : Donald F. Kuratko,Jeffrey S. Hornsby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315458038
This book offers students a comprehensive, accessible guide to launching and managing a new venture. Beginning with the planning process and continuing to marketing, financing, and growth, it gives students the insights and practical skills they need to be successful entrepreneurs. This edition’s structure aligns more logically with the venture’s lifecycle, so the reader is equipped to develop a strong business model. The authors combine updated planning exercises, end-of-chapter consultation questions, and a sample business plan with new material, including: a new chapter on ideation, the Business Model Canvas, and lean start-up that covers the latest methodology in idea generation and opportunity recognition to provide a tool for developing a business concept; a new chapter on the various pathways for creating a new venture, including setting up an online venture as well as managing the day-to-day aspects of running a business; a revised chapter on start-up capital and crowdfunding that helps students raise capital through social media; a revised chapter on managing growth through HR planning, helping students to navigate growth on a global level successfully and ethically. Students in entrepreneurship and new venture management classes will find New Venture Management a valuable resource. A companion website features an instructor’s manual, test bank, PowerPoint slides, and further resources to aid instructors and students in applying their knowledge.
Author : Michael H. Morris,Donald F. Kuratko
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789900224
Four different types of ventures created by entrepreneurs are explored in What Do Entrepreneurs Create?: survival, lifestyle, managed growth and aggressive growth. The concept of a balanced venture portfolio is introduced to guide public policy formulation and the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Author : Rupert Merson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118166628
The how-to guide to tackling business growth problems head on Effectively responding to the demands of a growing company, regardless of size, is one of the great challenges facing businesses in this increasingly competitive climate. Successful growth requires careful attention to the robustness of organizational structure and systems as well as reconciling the different speeds at which different division within a company may develop. Guide to Managing Growth is one of the first and only books to explicitly address these challenges, and help prepare business leaders to grow their business in productive, successful ways. Written by Rupert Merson of the London Business School Business growth needs intelligent and sensitive management Applicable to all types of business: young or more mature, small or substantial Examines the change growth brings to every aspect of the business—people management, marketing, customer and client management, financial management, organizational design, and performance management and measurement Jargon-free and to the point, Guide to Managing Growth explores the different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics that will enable businesses to address the issues they face and move forward to a bigger and even more successful future.
Author : Peter Wilson,Sue Bates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470868409
A cliche it may be but we are living in ever more turbulent times. Business decision-making has become more challenging and unpredictable than ever: we see unforeseen and often cataclysmic changes in consumer demand, both at home and in export markets; customers continue to demand more, more quickly and for less; new laws and regulations abound; competitors steal loyal customers; and, increasingly, the advice that once could be found from a 'Small Business Adviser' has been replaced by a call centre. Hand in hand with these challenges, the risks associated with expansion, or a new strategy, have grown significantly. In the context of a small business, where a manager has not necessarily had the breadth of experience of someone in a larger organization or formal management learning, they can seem extremely daunting. This book addresses the issues confronting managers/owners of SMEs by providing practical, jargon-free advice on which a SME can create a sound platform from which to prosper. * Uncomplicated and jargon free to appeal to the SME director or manager who has little time to read * Can be used as a continuous read or a source of ides for dealing with the day-to-day problems of running and growing a small business * Based on the practical experience of the authors with examples taken from consulting practice
Author : Stephen C. Harper
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0070266891
The author of The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business shows readers how to successfully negotiate difficult growth phases for all new businesses. Reader-friendly chapters address vital growth-related issues such as management, strategic vision, business plan, customer service, training, and more.
Author : Tom Eisenmann
Publisher : Currency
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780593137024
If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.
Author : Jeffry A. Timmons,Leonard E. Smollen,Alexander L. M. Dingee
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:39000000972716
Author : Rupert Merson
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847656636
Successful and ambitious organisations recognise the 'growth imperative' but are often insufficiently aware of what might threaten continued success. Growth means change. What worked last year won't necessarily work next year - an organisation that wants to manage growth successfully will need to change things that aren't yet broken. Growth, and the change it brings, affects every aspect of the business - people management, marketing, customer and client management, financial management, organisational design, performance management and measurement. Growth gives rise to problems for businesses of all size. A young business run by its entrepreneurial founders is quite likely not to pay enough attention to the robustness of an organisation's structure and systems. Different divisions in a big business will evolve at different speeds and be at different stages of their evolution, each with their own particular issues to address - plus the need to be satisfactorily reconciled with each other. This guide explores the different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics that will enable businesses to address the issues they face and move forward to a bigger and even more successful future.
Author : Matthew R. Marvel
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412990820
New venture management requires all the skills obtained within the typical MBA program, and then some. While those entering traditional management positions within established companies might expect to find established customers, a degree of predictability, formalized procedures, and earnings that may be taken more-or-less for granted, new ventures often are launched into highly dynamic environments characterized by rapid technological change, inherent unpredictability, and an uncertain cash flow. Such ventures often require rapid growth to succeed. While new ventures offer those who initiate them a high degree of independence, excitement, and potential for great reward, they also bring high risk, stress, and greater potential for failure. Thus, it takes a special set of skills, techniques, and temperament to succeed. These skills, along with the potential risks and rewards and environmental settings and characteristics, are explored in the Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Features & Benefits: 150 carefully selected signed entries (each with Cross References and Further Readings) are organized in A-to-Z fashion to give students easy access to the full range of topics in new venture management. A thematic Reader's Guide in the front matter groups related entries by broad topical and thematic areas to make it easy for users to find related entries at a glance, with themes that include "Entrepreneurial Decision Making," "Corporate Entrepreneurship," "Entrepreneurial Marketing," "Leadership & Human Resources," "Financing & Development," and more. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide combines with a detailed Index and the Cross References to provide users with robust search-and-browse capacities. A Chronology in the back matter helps students put individual events into broader historical context. A Glossary provides students with concise definitions to key terms in the field. A Resource Guide to classic books, journals, and web sites (along with the Further Readings accompanying each entry) helps guide students to further resources for their research journeys. An appendix includes the report, "The State of Small Business."
Author : Theo J. van Dijk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780275996048
Everyone knows the typical entrepreneurial success story: A couple of entrepreneurs have a great idea, work their tails off to establish the business and, before long, they're set for life. Right? Hardly. Turnaround artist Theo van Dijk knows two things: First, young businesses that have survived the start-up years will face periods of stagnation. Second, every venture at some point reaches a complacent plateau, owners take their eyes off the ball, and—wham!—a crisis charges through the door. Entrepreneurs can avoid that fate by watching for signs of trouble and taking the action steps van Dijk outlines. And it's worth the effort, because troubles and crises all have a silver lining—they position the company for greater, long-term growth. Entrepreneurs, predictably, become overconfident just when they think they have it made. A crisis of leadership and/or direction then occurs, and it usually has to do with mismanaged growth. Suddenly, the company can't fill orders, or customers complain about service and delivery. Or family bickering slows momentum just when the company is poised to take off. Theo van Dijk has seen it all, and he knows what the real problem is. During the start-up years, everyone is focused on creating a product and building a list of customers. Informality and flexibility are the rule. But at some point, what used to work no longer does. Survival is once again at stake and the odds are once again very much against the survivors of the early entrepreneurial phase. It's right at this point, van Dijk argues, that the structure of the organization needs to become more formal and built to last. He shows many ways companies in crisis can overcome challenges by changing the way they handle customers, putting new processes and procedures in place, and managing employees in a more professional manner. This work is painful, but it's necessary if the company is to survive trouble and set a course for long-term growth.
Author : Thomas G. Pittz,Eric W. Liguori
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781838678739
Becoming a successful entrepreneur is impossible without accepting risk - the question is which risk to take and at what time. This guide offers practical, no-nonsense advice for marketing and financing your business, bringing on partners and employees, and launching your business as inexpensively and aggressively as possible.