Entrepreneurship and effective small business management
by
 
Scarborough, Norman M., author.

Title
Entrepreneurship and effective small business management

Author
Scarborough, Norman M., author.

ISBN
9781292060613
 
9780133506327

Personal Author
Scarborough, Norman M., author.

Edition
Eleventh edition, global edition.

Physical Description
936 pages

Contents
The Rewards and Challenges of Entrepreneurship : -- Entrepreneurs: The Driving Force Behind Small Business -- Ethics and Social Responsibility: Doing the Right Thing -- Creativity and Innovation: Keys to Entrepreneurial Success -- Strategic Management and the Entrepreneur -- Launching a Venture: Entry Strategies : -- Choosing a Form of Ownership -- Franchising and the Entrepreneur -- Buying an Existing Business -- New Business Planning Process: Feasibility Analysis, Business Modeling, and Crafting a Winning Business Plan -- Building a Marketing Plan : -- Building a Bootstrap Marketing Plan -- Creative Use of Advertising and Promotion -- Pricing and Credit Strategies -- Global Marketing Strategies -- E-Commerce and Entrepreneurship -- Building a Financial Plan : -- Creating a Solid Financial Plan -- Managing Cash Flow -- Sources of Equity Financing -- Sources of Debt Financing -- Building an Operating Plan : -- Location, Layout, and Physical Facilities -- Supply Chain Management -- Managing Inventory -- Staffing and Leading a Growing Company -- Legal Aspects of Small Business: Succession, Ethics, and Government Regulation : -- Management Succession and Risk Management Strategies in the Family Business -- The Legal Environment: Business Law and Government Regulation.

Abstract
"For undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and/or small business management. Discover how to successfully launch and manage a small business. Open your students' minds to the possibilities, challenges, and rewards of becoming a small business owner with Entrepreneurship and Effective Small Business Management. This text provides students with the tools they need in order to launch and manage a small business. This Eleventh Edition continues to provide students with a practical, hands-on approach to launch a business that has the greatest chance for success. This edition features ten new cases and the most recent statistics, studies, surveys, and research about entrepreneurship and small business management."--Publisher's website.

Subject Term
Entrepreneurship.
 
Small business -- Management.

Added Author
Cornwall, Jeffrey R.,