Entrepreneurship and small business [printed text] / Paul Burns, Author  . -  2nd Edition . - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 . - xxx, 538 p. : ill (b & w) ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-4039-4733-8

Keywords:	SME  Entrepreneurship
Class number:	658.022
Abstract:	Entrepreneurship and Small Business examines how firms develop from start up, both tracking growth and exploring failure. It studies the entrepreneurs - what motivates them, how they manage, and how certain defining characteristics they possess shape the business they run. The new, fully updated edition of this successful text outlines good management practice for students and encourages and develops entrepreneurial skills. Clearly structured and accessibly presented, the comprehensive coverage includes accounting control and decision-making as well as chapters on family businesses, corporate, international and social entrepreneurship. Case insights and new long case studies are used to practically illustrate how concepts are implemented in small, growing and successful frims, and the text is fully supported by structured teaching resources.
Contents note:	Preface; Guided Tour of the Book and Website; Part 1 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1. David and Goliath; 2. Heroes and Super-heroes; 3. Opportunity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; 4. Developing Creativity Part 2 Start-Up 5. The Decision; 6. Making the Start-up Happen; 7. Control and Decision-Making Part 3 Growth and Decline 8. From Entrepreneur to Leader; 9. Strategies for Success; 10. Life Cycles and Portfolios; 11. Making growth Happen; 12. The Exit Part 4 Planning 13. Financing Small Firms; 14. Developing a Business Plan Part 5 Topics in Entrepreneurship 15. The Family Firm; 16. International Entrepreneurship; 17. Social and Civic Entrepreneurship; 18. Corporate Entrepreneurship Checklist of Regulations to be met in Setting Up a Business in the UK; Sources of Information, Help and Advice in the UK; Entrepreneurship Exercises; Learning Resources; Author Index; Subject Index.