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The Solo Squid - How to Run a Happy One-Person Business (Paperback): Susan Grossey The Solo Squid - How to Run a Happy One-Person Business (Paperback)
Susan Grossey
R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Nation of Businesses - Building a Business in the Make it on your Own Generation (Hardcover): Dean Gualco A Nation of Businesses - Building a Business in the Make it on your Own Generation (Hardcover)
Dean Gualco
R720 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R50 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Paperback): David Storey, Francis Greene Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Paperback)
David Storey, Francis Greene
R2,209 Discovery Miles 22 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This exciting new book provides the 'big picture' on small business and entrepreneurship. Written by two recognised experts, active teachers and researchers at one of the world's most respected business schools, it explores both the prevalence and importance of small and start-up businesses. Entrepreneurs and small businesses are highly diverse, so the book looks to apply broad brush strokes to learn from general patterns where possible. It identifies evidence where it is clear, but equally acknowledges where knowledge is limited or certain conclusions are impossible to draw. Perhaps most importantly, it makes clear that small businesses are not just scaled-down big businesses: they behave, respond, and are organised differently to large organisations. For Students: Financial Times video interviews with entrepreneurs and small business owners, weblinks to organisations cited in the book, flashcard glossary to help with revision. For Instructors:instructor manual, PowerPoint slides.

Acquisition of Technological Capability in Small Firms in Developing Countries (Hardcover): H. Romijn Acquisition of Technological Capability in Small Firms in Developing Countries (Hardcover)
H. Romijn
R4,498 Discovery Miles 44 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An examination of how small firms in developing countries acquire technological capability, the knowledge and skills required to operate technology effectively, and the ability to adapt it to local conditions. It aims to fill a gap in the established literature on technological capability, which has neglected the small scale sector in spite of the important role it plays in employment generation. The author develops a methodology for a quantitative assessment of the learning process, using case material from the small scale capital goods sector in Pakistan's Punjab Province.

Getting Started with KPIs - Step-by-step KPI Guide for Ambitious Businesses (Hardcover): Bernie Smith Getting Started with KPIs - Step-by-step KPI Guide for Ambitious Businesses (Hardcover)
Bernie Smith
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Innovation, Startups and Intellectual Property Management - Strategies and Evidence from Latin America and other Regions... Innovation, Startups and Intellectual Property Management - Strategies and Evidence from Latin America and other Regions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Ignacio de Leon, Jose Fernandez Donoso
R4,085 Discovery Miles 40 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book identifies the potential of intellectual property as a competitive asset for Latin American firms. The authors employ a cognitive approach that involves identifying why small firms are reluctant to register patents, resorting rather to alternative IP competitive strategies. This, in turn, results in the undercapitalization of intellectual assets, thus creating hurdles for the development of capital venture markets. Using new data gathered from highly innovative SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean, the authors bring a fresh cognitive approach towards understanding the institutional role of intellectual property, and outline various new policy recommendations.

Personal Branding - How to Brand Yourself Online Using Social Media Marketing and the Hidden Potential of Instagram... Personal Branding - How to Brand Yourself Online Using Social Media Marketing and the Hidden Potential of Instagram Influencers, Facebook Advertising, YouTube, Twitter, Blogging, and More (Hardcover)
Matt Golden
R734 R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Save R88 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Think Bigger - Aim Higher, Get More Motivated, and Accomplish Big Things (Hardcover): Martin Meadows How to Think Bigger - Aim Higher, Get More Motivated, and Accomplish Big Things (Hardcover)
Martin Meadows
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Entrepreneurship 101 - Tackling the basics of business start-ups in South Africa (Paperback): Joshua Maluleke Entrepreneurship 101 - Tackling the basics of business start-ups in South Africa (Paperback)
Joshua Maluleke 1
R261 Discovery Miles 2 610 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Why is being an entrepreneur vital, especially in South Africa? What does it mean to be a successful entrepreneur? What processes are involved in starting a business? How do you seal the deal with the first client? These are some of the questions Joshua Maluleke explores in Entrepreneurship 101: Tackling the basics of business start-ups in South Africa. It also addresses issues such as: how to raise capital for start-ups, identifying the difficulties that many entrepreneurs face, as well as explaining South Africa’s unique labour laws. Motivated by a need to tackle the issues of high unemployment rates, poverty and economic inequalities, Entrepreneurship 101 is dedicated to the millions of South Africans who are yet to enjoy the benefits of a democratic Constitution.

Customer Moat - How Loyalty Drives Profit (Hardcover): Eddie Sung Customer Moat - How Loyalty Drives Profit (Hardcover)
Eddie Sung; Edited by Karen Yin; Illustrated by Stasia Burrington
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Art of Conversation - Change Your Life with Confident Communication (Hardcover, New): J Apps The Art of Conversation - Change Your Life with Confident Communication (Hardcover, New)
J Apps 1
R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Good conversation is at the heart of networking, meetings, interviews, negotiations and raising your profile. It can ease your way in work, enabling you to build alliances, create strong relationships with staff, bosses and clients, succeed at interviews, motivate and inspire. But conversation is something most of us were never taught! We learn to speak as babies, but how conversation actually works is something most of us pick up only haphazardly, and many have yet to learn. Why is it some of us are stuck for words, but others blabber or can t stop? What is it that some people have naturally which enables them to converse comfortably and easily, to engage people and build better relationships? The Art of Conversation will show you step by step how to converse skillfully and enjoyably with other people, at home, at work, on the phone and in the street- even if you re daunted now, discover the difference good conversation can make in every aspect of your life. Learn to: -Overcome the most common block to good conversation- fear; find out how to break the silence and keep the conversation going - Understand the different types of conversation and how they work- which topics and language are suitable for the occasion - Learn simple methods for being heard and understood, including speaking clearly and audibly, listening well and using non-verbal communication - Find out how to hold a conversation in tricky situations, including how to disagree, how to speak to those in authority and people you find difficult -Use conversation to form relationships, improve friendships, make the sale, chat people up, to learn, influence and persuade.

Small Business Smarts - Building Buzz with Social Media (Hardcover): Steve O'Leary, Kim Sheehan, Sterling Lentz Small Business Smarts - Building Buzz with Social Media (Hardcover)
Steve O'Leary, Kim Sheehan, Sterling Lentz
R1,438 Discovery Miles 14 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book will help small business owners and marketers feel comfortable using social media to promote their businesses, regardless of their past experiences or level of expertise. Social networking plus small business is a slam dunk! Small Business Smarts: Building Buzz with Social Media explains why that's so and helps small business owners decide whether social media tools are right for them. Assuming the answer is yes, the book offers concrete advice and implementation suggestions that make using tools to start building word-of-mouth quick and easy. Built around actual success stories from small businesses, such as the Roger Smith Hotel, Dutch Bros. Coffee, Cafe Yumm, and the Tattered Cover Bookstore, the book illustrates how different social media can help achieve different business goals, how the Internet can be used to "listen" to customers, how networks and relationships are built online for both B2C and B2B, and how effective messages can generate awareness and attract customers. Measurement strategies and techniques for a social media audit are included. For the complete novice, step-by-step instructions on getting started with popular social media applications are provided as well. Interviews with 25 small business owners and marketers detailing how they are using social media successfully right now An evaluation tool and example spreadsheets for conducting a social media audit Call-outs that show how different types of businesses can implement various marketing ideas Action-item tips that can be used in online messaging today

Family Business Metaphors - Envisioning Images of Peaceful and Sustainable Organizations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Alessandra... Family Business Metaphors - Envisioning Images of Peaceful and Sustainable Organizations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Alessandra Tognazzo
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Typically, business tenets advise: never go into business with your family. This book proposes that this discrepancy may actually be at the core of modern problems: social harm and environmental problems are largely related to advancements focused on current dualistic metaphors that value only the business dimension and devalue the family. This book aims to offer an alternative viewpoint, by discussing how core beliefs linked to various metaphors change the way we conduct and perform in our lives and businesses, so that the reader can practice sustainable methods, which also includes the family. Situating family businesses as the primordial way of social organizing, chapters explore definitions of organizational symbolism, metaphors, and archetypes in order to guide readers and change the way we consider the family role within business and the economy.

The Upside Within Reach - A New Way to Create a Prosperous Business (Hardcover, Executive ed.): Drew Morris The Upside Within Reach - A New Way to Create a Prosperous Business (Hardcover, Executive ed.)
Drew Morris
R1,272 R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Save R201 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Invisible Deal - Why Mobile Homes Are The Perfect Investment and how to Flip, Wholesale, and Rent Them (Hardcover): Mateo... The Invisible Deal - Why Mobile Homes Are The Perfect Investment and how to Flip, Wholesale, and Rent Them (Hardcover)
Mateo Nicolas
R574 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Save R49 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Passive Income Ideas 2021 - A Business Guide To Help You Quit Your Job & Do What You Love By Working On Your Own Terms Anywhere... Passive Income Ideas 2021 - A Business Guide To Help You Quit Your Job & Do What You Love By Working On Your Own Terms Anywhere In The World (Hardcover)
Benjamin Blue
R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival, VOL 3 (Hardcover): Information R Management... Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival, VOL 3 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R13,231 Discovery Miles 132 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Small Business Valuation Book - Easy-to-Use Techniques That Will Help You... Determine a fair price, Negotiate Terms,... The Small Business Valuation Book - Easy-to-Use Techniques That Will Help You... Determine a fair price, Negotiate Terms, Minimize taxes (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
Lawrence W. Tuller
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lawrence W. Tuller pens an invaluable resource for business owners or buyers looking for accurate small business appraisals. How much a small business is worth can be difficult to determine, but when a business is about to change hands, a fair and objective valuation is crucial to the sale. This completely revised and updated book outlines the major valuation methods, including discounted cash flow, excess earnings, asset value, and income capitalization. This edition includes completely new material on the following topics: exploring the 8 myths of business valuations; using the Internet for research; and advice on startups and first generation service businesses. With this book, appraising a business has never been easier-or more accurate!

Sport Startups - New Advances in Entrepreneurship (Hardcover): Vanessa Ratten Sport Startups - New Advances in Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Vanessa Ratten
R2,865 Discovery Miles 28 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sport Startups: New Advances in Entrepreneurship examines the global growth of startup enterprises in the sports sector and addresses how they contribute to new developments in business innovation and entrepreneurship. Highlighting the unique challenges faced by startups in this sector, Vanessa Ratten explores approaches to business model development, branding and marketing, and the utilization of new technologies to build successful enterprises, underpinning her study with a clear theoretical framework rooted in institutional theory. Sport Startups is one of the first books to specifically focus on the role of startups in sport. Analyzing the inherent start-up aspect of the sporting sector, due to the combination of profit and non-profit ties, which means that many sport enterprises are developed as new start-up business ventures as they link in with the community. The book foregrounds how startups in sport are vital in developing a better global society that emphasizes the role of health and fitness in communities. Sport Startups will be illuminating reading for all scholars of innovation, entrepreneurship, sports management and business studies.

Tourism Microentrepreneurship (Hardcover): Duarte B. Morais Tourism Microentrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Duarte B. Morais
R2,918 Discovery Miles 29 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tourism microentrepreneurship is defined as the process of launching a new, or adding value to an existing, enterprise with no more than five employees, providing tourism experiences, food, lodging or transportation, with the aim to support the owner's livelihood and desired lifestyle. Volume 12 of Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice provides an overview of emerging scholarship and best practices on the development and integration of tourism microentrepreneurship in destination stewardship. Tourists have been breaking out of staged tourism enclaves for many decades, but only recently have information technologies empowered: a) tourists with information about destinations and supply, and b) entrepreneurial hosts with marketplaces. Tourism microentrepreneurs' business activity is often informal and fluid, therefore, they have only recently become a visible and increasingly influential stakeholder group. As a result, they are not yet well studied, and practitioners struggle to support and integrate them into destination stewardship. Nevertheless, emerging evidence suggests that fuelling tourism microentrepreneurship and its integration in destination systems can generate added benefits to the host populations while making the destination more competitive and unique. Conversely, there is evidence that when left unbridled, tourism microentrepreneurship can erode the local character of neighborhoods and hurt the image of an entire destination. Tourism Microentrepreneurship shares scholarship and best practices to educate practitioners and to encourage more research on the development of microentrepreneurship and its impact on destination communities.

Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): Stephen Ackermann Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Stephen Ackermann
R3,057 Discovery Miles 30 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. New and small firms play a crucial role in experimentation and innovation that leads to technological change, productivity and economic growth. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. The public policy implications for sustained economic growth and social well-being is the continued high-level creation of new and small firms by all segments of society. It should be the role of government policy to facilitate that process by eliminating entry barriers, lowering transaction costs, and minimizing regulation.

Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Susan Luckman, Jane Andrew Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Susan Luckman, Jane Andrew
R1,566 Discovery Miles 15 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers, and four years of fieldwork across Australia, this book offers a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to make an income from their craft or designer maker practice, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing them as they do so at this time of renewed interest internationally in the artisanal and handmade. Offering a rich and deep collection of real-life experiences, this book is aimed both at an academic and practitioner audience.

Patent It Yourself - Your Step-By-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office (Paperback, 21st Twenty First ed.): David... Patent It Yourself - Your Step-By-Step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office (Paperback, 21st Twenty First ed.)
David Pressman, David E Blau
R1,378 R1,178 Discovery Miles 11 780 Save R200 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Avoiding Cyber Fraud in Small Businesses - What Auditors & Owners Need to Know (Hardcover): J Bologna Avoiding Cyber Fraud in Small Businesses - What Auditors & Owners Need to Know (Hardcover)
J Bologna
R1,411 R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Save R245 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

INCREASE THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR SMALL BUSINESS

The average small business has a life span of about five years, and inadequate internal controls are the main cause of failure. Cyber fraud, the leading culprit today in internal criminal activity, occurs when advanced technologies are used to steal money or property. The majority of such crimes occur in-house, and the lack of sufficient capital and technological resources committed to protecting company assets makes small businesses especially vulnerable. Awareness of the dangers of internal theft by computer, illegal access to information systems, credit card fraud, and Internet scams is integral–especially as auditors, business owners, and managers are increasingly held responsible for negligence.

Providing critical guidance on what auditors and businesses can do to better prevent and detect the growing number of occurrences of cyber fraud, the information in this one-of-a-kind manual:

  • Protects outside auditors by supplying the knowledge to ensure they meet their responsibilities
  • Protects small business owners by providing them with the necessary tools to meet due diligence requirements in cyber fraud prevention
  • Focuses on the key areas of vulnerability

Take the first step in protecting your company–and your future–with Avoiding Cyber Fraud in Small Businesses, the only book committed to helping you keep your small business free of computer crime.

Start Your Dream Business Today - Businesses You Can Start With No Money or Education (Hardcover): James G. Palumbo Start Your Dream Business Today - Businesses You Can Start With No Money or Education (Hardcover)
James G. Palumbo
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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