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Entrepreneurship and small business : start-up, growth and maturity / Paul Burns.

By: Burns, Paul, 1949- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xliii, 540 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137430359 (paperback).Subject(s): Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching | Business education | Small business -- Case studies | Entrepreneurship -- Case studiesDDC classification: 658.022
Contents:
Part 1: Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship: the social and business revolution -- The economics of entrepreneurship and public policy -- The entrepreneurial character -- Discovering a business idea -- Researching and evaluating the business idea -- Part 2: Start-up -- Start-up: developing the business model -- Adding values to the business model -- Launching your business -- Legal foundations -- Operations and risk -- Financial management -- Part 3: Growth -- Growth: Building the foundations -- Strategies for growth -- Financing the business -- From business model to business plan -- Part 4: Maturity -- Maturity - the exit -- Family business -- From entrepreneur to entrepreneurial leader -- Corporate entrepreneurship.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The new edition of this market-leading textbook provides a holistic introduction to the academic study of entrepreneurship and offers practical guidance for prospective entrepreneurs. Adopting a life-cycle view of a business from start-up to maturity, it explores the many stages and forms of entrepreneurship. With an international outlook and expert synthesis of both theoretical foundations and lessons from real-life business practice, the book offers a complete course guide, fostering entrepreneurial talent, thinking and skills. The author's engaging style and unrivalled expertise drawn from a long-ranging career (as an academic, accountant and entrepreneur) make the book accessible and authoritative. This is an ideal textbook for those studying Entrepreneurship or Small Business on undergraduate business or management degree courses, as well as on MBA programmes. It will also appeal to those looking to launch their own businesses. New to this Edition:- Updated international case studies from entrepreneurs and small businesses, ranging from Oman to Australia- First-hand, detailed stories from real-life entrepreneurs in brand new video interviews integrated throughout the text- Increased and integrated coverage of social and civic enterprise and hot topics such as effectuation and lean entrepreneurship

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship: the social and business revolution -- The economics of entrepreneurship and public policy -- The entrepreneurial character -- Discovering a business idea -- Researching and evaluating the business idea -- Part 2: Start-up -- Start-up: developing the business model -- Adding values to the business model -- Launching your business -- Legal foundations -- Operations and risk -- Financial management -- Part 3: Growth -- Growth: Building the foundations -- Strategies for growth -- Financing the business -- From business model to business plan -- Part 4: Maturity -- Maturity - the exit -- Family business -- From entrepreneur to entrepreneurial leader -- Corporate entrepreneurship.

CIT Module HOSP 8004 - Core reading.

CIT Module MGMT 9014 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Burns received his Degree of Engineering in electronic engineering from the University of South Australia.

Burns is SpectruCell project manager at Advanced Communications Technologies in Melbourne, Australia and principal consultant for Simplexity Communications. He is a member or the IEEE.

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