Entrepreneurship and small business [printed text] / Paul Burns, Author  . -  1st Edition . - Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 . - xxiv, 418 p. : ill. (b & w) ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-333-91474-8
This text combines a theoretical management perspective with a practical "how to" element. A step-by-step guide to producing a business plan and full length case studies provide practical application, in this book written for final year undergraduates and MBA/postgraduate business students.

Class number:	658.022
Abstract:	PAUL BURNS is the Head of the Postgraduate School at South Bank University Business School and was formerly Professor of Small Business Development at the School of Management, Cranfield.
Contents note:	List of Tables; List of Figures; Mini cases: the busineses; Mini cases: the entrepreneurs; Preface; Acknowledgements 1. David and Goliath; 2. Heroes and Super-heroes; 3. Opportunity and Innovation; 4. Start-up; 5. Start-up: Making it Happen; 6. Start-up: Control and Decision-making; 7. E-business; 8. Developing a Business Plan; 9. From Entrepreneur to Leader; 10. Growth: Success; 11. Growth: Take-off; 12. Financing Small Firms; 13. The Family Firm; 14. The Exit Entrepreneurship exercies; Selected further reading; Selected websites; Recommended journals; Index.