The aim of this publication is to equip managers with insight into the functioning of public management and administration within the dynamic southern African context.

Many entrepreneurs starting up their own business have a great idea, but they fail because they haven’t spent enough time planning how to carry it out. In this book, a team of successful entrepreneurs, business advisors and subject specialists lay out the process of planning and starting your own enterprise, introducing you to the world of entrepreneurship and advising how to grow a business. Drawing on their personal experiences in the different phases of start-up and establishing their businesses they add valuable hands-on information.

Entrepreneurship – An African Perspective is a theoretical as well as practical guide on how to develop business ideas to establish a successful enterprise. In it you will find:

• the procedure the entrepreneur must follow before establishing a business
• guidelines on identifying a feasible business idea
• how to conduct a viability study
• how to draw up a business plan
• a comprehensive introduction to the world of business and its most important role-player, the entrepreneur, specifically in the South African context
• basic business concepts that explain the business environment and business in general
• African case studies and examples of what successful entrepreneurs do and what contributes to successful entrepreneurship
• essential business management functions relevant to a start-up and new business, such as marketing, finance, operations, human resources and purchasing

The authors use an accessible approach to guide readers to be positive yet critical, and creative yet practical in their research and analysis of a business idea, and ultimately to develop a business idea that will be profitable.

Tourism entrepreneurs aims to provide students studying business management and tourism and emerging entrepreneurs, with the knowledge and skills to start and manage their own small business. It takes the reader through a process of understanding what tourism and the tourism industry is all about and where the entrepreneur fits into the industry, highlighting the importance of entrepreneurial activities within the tourism industry. The title allows readers to move from the conceptual stage to the writing of a business plan; this prepares the budding entrepreneur for - financing the venture; assessing the environment and market; identifying marketing opportunities; highlighting the risks involved and planning the financial management of the business; how a business should be managed to achieve success.

When people think about the business world, they tend to think more about the political economy of operating environments than the intricacies of ethics and diversity management in offshore locations. However, all these factors are equally pertinent to successful global business management and a successful international business.

Globalisation and technological innovation also need to be considered. And while the controversy that surrounds globalisation has tainted the proceeds of growth and economic prosperity, the improvement in quality of life brought about by technological advances in global financial integration cannot be overemphasised.

Principles of Global Business Management tackles these and other tough and complicated questions, giving a well-considered and rounded view on teh messy world of Global Business Management. Some of the book's highlights include:

• A new perspective on globalisation, taking into account the recent uprising of populist ideologies in emerging markets and the developed world
• A chapter on ethics and global diversity management
• A chapter on technological, information and business innovation
• A chapter on global capital market dynamics, specifically addressing the adoption and adaptation of financial instruments as they affect cross-border investment decisions
• A unique approach to the evaluation of institutional instruments and the attraction of investment in emeging markets (especially in Africa)
• A blend of theory and practical knowledge of operating environments, especially in emerging markets, and more specifically in Africa.