Authors: Thomas W Zimmerer
ISBN-13: 9780132294386, ISBN-10: 0132294389
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: 5th Edition
This fifth edition of the popular book introduces you to the processes of new venture creation and the critical knowledge needed to manage your business once it is formed. With the help of this book, readers can follow their dreams of becoming successful entrepreneurs.
Topics include: the challenges of entrepreneurship, building a business plan, marketing considerations, e-commerce and the entrepreneur, advertising and pricing for profit, financial considerations and managing cash flow, building a competitive edge, and debt/equity and site and location considerations.
For any person interested in owning, operating, and managing a small business. Also a handy reference for entrepreneurs and managers of small businesses.
A contemporary approach to entrepreneurship and small business management, following the process of starting and managing a small business. Coverage includes foundations of entrepreneurship, building the business plan, putting the plan to work, and the ethical, legal, and regulatory environment. Includes chapter learning objectives and summaries, margin definitions, discussion questions, and homework projects. New to this edition are chapter Internet exercises, application boxes with questions, a sample business plan, and margin icons drawing attention to in-text examples. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface | ||
Sect. I | The Challenges of Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Ch. 1 | The Foundations of Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind: From Ideas to Reality | 36 |
Sect. II | Building the Business Plan: Beginning Considerations | 67 |
Ch. 3 | Strategic Management and the Entrepreneur | 67 |
Ch. 4 | Forms of Business Ownership and Franchising | 100 |
Ch. 5 | Buying and Existing Business | 143 |
Sect. III | Building the Business Plan: Marketing and Financial Considerations | 179 |
Ch. 6 | Building a Powerful Marketing Plan | 179 |
Ch. 7 | Advertising and Pricing for Profit | 217 |
Ch. 8 | Managing Cash Flow | 269 |
Ch. 9 | Creating a Successful Financial Plan | 298 |
Ch. 10 | Crafting a Winning Business Plan | 336 |
Sect. IV | Putting the Business Plan to Work: Building a Competitive Edge | 361 |
Ch. 11 | Sources of Funds: Debt and Equity | 361 |
Ch. 12 | Choosing the Right Location and Layout | 411 |
Ch. 13 | Global Aspects of Entrepreneurship | 451 |
Ch. 14 | Leading the Growing Company and Planning of Management Succession | 483 |
Ch. 15 | E-Commerce and the Entrepreneur | 532 |
End Notes | 567 | |
Index | 585 |