Growing an Entrepreneurial Business
Growing an Entrepreneurial Business

Author: Edward Hess

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 080477756X

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Growing an Entrepreneurial Business: Concepts and Cases is a textbook designed for courses that focus on managing small to medium sized enterprises. It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. The book is divided into two parts—text and cases—to provide professors with maximum flexibility in organizing their courses. The thirty-five cases can be used in conjunction with the text, or independently. Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth. Discussion questions are provided for each case. The text portion of the book discusses key issues derived from the author's research and consulting, and is meant to complement the case method of teaching, raising issues for conversation. In addition to the real-world knowledge that students will derive from the cases, readers will take away research-based templates and models that they can use in developing or consulting with small businesses.

Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Author: Paul Burns

Publisher: Red Globe Press

Published: 2016-03-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1137430354

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Thoroughly updated with new video feature and expanded range of global case studies, the new edition of this bestselling text synthesizes theoretical depth and practical skills-building, developing critical understanding and good management practice. A holistic approach to the issues facing small businesses from start-up to growth and maturity.

New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur
New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

Author: Howard H. Stevenson

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13:

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This text--a combination of Harvard Cases and text-- examines the entrepreneurial process from the initial idea through business operations to harvest. It provides the knowledge and skills required for students pursuing careers as entrepreneurs as well as valuable ideas for those in a more structured business setting. Most importantly, it takes a close look at the process of identifying and pursuing opportunity, which has become increasingly important in restoring the competitive position of many U.S. industries in a global marketplace.

Entrepreneurship – Business and Management
Entrepreneurship – Business and Management

Author: Dr. R.C. Bhatia

Publisher: Sultan Chand & Sons

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9351611728

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Entrepreneurs play a key role in an economy especially in a developing countries like India. An entrepreneur is a risk taking individual who while riding high on his innovativeness, passion and ability to coordinate means of production comes out with novel products and services. The objective of achieving sustained industrial development, regional growth, and employment generation have always depended on entrepreneurial development and small scale industry. Economic reform and the process of liberalization since 1991, creating tremendous opportunities, have created new challenges relating to competitive strengths, technology, upgradation, quality improvement and productivity. The book Entrepreneurship is for students, teachers, management consultants, budding entrepreneurs and other readers who are interested in today’s world of small business development and management. Focus This book is mainly written for the students of B.Com. and B.Com. (Hons.) and teachers of Delhi University, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Madras University and Bengaluru University. The idea is that improvements can best come from creative thinking by the entrepreneur about his/her own enterprise, which motivate the entrepreneur to take action to improve his business. This book will also be useful for trainers who support entrepreneurship development during seminars and workshops. Features Student Centric – Class room simulative – Written in a simple lucid language. Industry – Institute Interface: Enriched by my own industrial experience the concepts are linked to real life situations, bringing gradation between industry and institute. Coverage – a thorough coverage of conceptual framework on entrepreneurship development and business enterprises. Self-Learning Exercises – Many exercises at the end of every Chapter for self-assessment and development.

The Smart Entrepreneur
The Smart Entrepreneur

Author: Bart Clarysse

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904027881

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More people than ever are becoming entrepreneurs, but the perils of starting your own business are well-documented. Two lecturers on the subject from Imperial College, London, have written 'The Smart Entrepreneur' to show how to avoid these pitfalls and make your business a success.

The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup

Author: Eric Ries

Publisher: Crown Currency

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0307887898

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Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute. Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs—in companies of all sizes—a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.

The Age of Entrepreneurship
The Age of Entrepreneurship

Author: Robert J. Bennett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1351662309

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This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more than nine million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world’s ‘first industrial nation’. Based on the first long-term whole-population analysis of British small business, it uses novel methods to identify from the 10-yearly population census the two to four million people per year who operated businesses in the period 1851–1911. Using big data analytics, it reveals how British businesses evolved over time, supplementing the census-derived data on individuals with other sources on companies and business histories. By comparing to modern data, it reveals how the late-Victorian period was a ‘golden age’ for smaller and medium-sized business, driven by family firms, the accelerating participation of women and the increasing use of incorporation as significant vehicles for development. A unique resource and citation for future research on entrepreneurship, of crucial significance to economic development policies for small business around the world, and above all the key entry point for researchers to the database which is deposited at the UK Data Archive, this major publication will change our understanding of the scale and economic significance of small businesses in the nineteenth century.

The Importance of New Technologies and Entrepreneurship in Business Development: In The Context of Economic Diversity in Developing Countries
The Importance of New Technologies and Entrepreneurship in Business Development: In The Context of Economic Diversity in Developing Countries

Author: Bahaaeddin Alareeni

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-03-12

Total Pages: 2139

ISBN-13: 3030692213

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This book introduces the students, researchers and practitioners into the subject and enabling technologies and applications pertaining to of technology, entrepreneurship and business development through research articles, case studies etc. It is primarily intended for academic purposes for learners of computer Science, management, accounting and information systems disciplines, economics,- entrepreneurship. Publishing chapters in the book is new innovative idea to spread the book in the Middle East and Arab countries and make the book achieve more sales. As many students in all levels, graduates and undergraduates in addition to research, professionals are not able to get sufficient resources because of the language concern.

Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Disciplined Entrepreneurship

Author: Bill Aulet

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-08-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1118692284

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24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/

Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

Author: Lars Tvede

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1119521254

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Build a world class business with a clear blueprint to success Entrepreneur: Building Your Business From Start to Success is your guidebook to achieving entrepreneurial success. Whether you’re an existing business owner seeking to increase your reach, or a budding entrepreneur ready to take the next step, this book provides invaluable guidance from experts who have made it happen time and time again. A simple step-by-step process will help you translate your ideas into effective business plans, raise the capital needed to start and grow your business, build a winning team and leave the competition behind. Drawing upon their experience founding more than 30 companies, the authors share their entrepreneurial wisdom and reveal the real-world techniques that lead to success. With a pragmatic and personal approach, the authors explore the personal characteristics that are vital to achievement; managing stress, withstanding heavy workloads and coping with potential health concerns are subjects often overlooked in the pursuit of business achievement. Addressing the link between business concerns and personal welfare, the authors offer suggestions on how to most effectively reconcile entrepreneurial drive with personal well-being. Build or revitalise a business with proven methods from two globally-recognized experts in the field Develop an effective business plan to maximise your probability of success Understand funding markets and raise capital necessary to start or grow your business Grow your business by beating the competition and dominating your market Providing invaluable insight into real-world entrepreneurial methods that work, this book arms current and future business leaders with the skills, knowledge and motivation to create the organization of their dreams.