Title:
Entrepreneurship and effective small business management
Author:
Scarborough, Norman M., author.
ISBN:
9781292060613
9780133506327
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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.
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