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Title
Small business management : theory and practice / Tim Mazzarol, Sophie Reboud.
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9789811395093 (electronic book)
9811395098 (electronic book)
9789811395086
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 579 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-13-9509-3 doi
10.1007/978-981-13-9
Call Number
HD62.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.02/2
Summary
This textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of small business management and challenges assumptions that may be held about the way small business management can or should adopt the management practices of larger firms. For students interested in establishing and managing their own small firm, this book helps them to focus their thinking on the realities of life as a small business owner-manager - both its challenges and its rewards. For postgraduate students that are keen to 'make a difference, this text enables them to understand how they might consult to small firms and assist owner-managers to establish and grow their ventures. In addition to students, this book is also useful to small business owner-managers as a general guide on how they might better manage their operations. Managers in large corporations and financial institutions who deal with small businesses as clients or suppliers, and professionals such as accountants, lawyers and consultants who provide advice and other services to small businesses will also find the book of interest.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 26, 2019).
Series
Springer texts in business and economics.
Chapter 1: The role of the small business within the economy
Chapter 2: Entrepreneurs vs. owner-managers
Chapter 3: Surviving the early years
Chapter 4: Planning and strategy in the small firm
Chapter 5: Creating customers
Chapter 6: The process of growth in the small firm
Chapter 7: Small firms and human resources
Chapter 8: Debt vs. equity
Chapter 9: Cash flows, profit and working capital
Chapter 10: Franchising and legal issues for small businesses
Chapter 11: Buying, selling and valuing the business
Chapter 12: The owner-manager and the troubled company
Chapter 13: Using technology.