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Small Business - Theory and Policy (Paperback): Cyril Levicki Small Business - Theory and Policy (Paperback)
Cyril Levicki
R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, originally published in 1984, examines the role of small firms in Britain, Germany, France and Italy and critically appraises government policies towards them. It reassesses economic theories concerned with concentration and competition, theories which need some re-thinking to accommodate the growing importance of small business.

Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe - Development through Internationalization (Hardcover): Tonis Mets, Arnis Sauka,... Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe - Development through Internationalization (Hardcover)
Tonis Mets, Arnis Sauka, Danica Purg
R4,788 Discovery Miles 47 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The process of the transition to a market-oriented economy for countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) started some 25 years ago. A new technology base triggered the fast growth of new investments into intangible assets by global economic leaders at the beginning of the 1990s, providing the basis for a move towards a knowledge economy. During the past 25 years, entrepreneurs in CEE and the CIS have reshaped traditional industries and created new industries, combining innovative ideas with traditional competencies. Yet we still do not know very much about how and why companies led by entrepreneurs develop, how they expand globally and what the role of new knowledge and innovation is in the internationalization process. Understanding the pathways of entrepreneurial development, especially growth through internationalization, is important for the overall development of countries in transition and beyond. Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe: Development through Internationalization provides an overview of entrepreneurship in a range of important emerging markets. This book aims to fill the gap in the literature by providing up-to-date data and case-based evidence. With coverage of a range of national firms from countries including Belarus, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine, this book will be vital supplementary reading around international entrepreneurship and essential reading for those studying the business environment in this vital emerging market.

Making a Business Plan (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Roel Grit Making a Business Plan (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Roel Grit
R4,779 Discovery Miles 47 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'This book is an excellent addition to any business plan. Making a business plan is unambiguous and written in plain language. It also serves as a handy reference book when revising and/or rewriting a business plan. Worth mentioning are the numerous examples given in the book, particularly helpful since financial terminology can be difficult for beginning entrepreneurs. It also has a logical layout. The corresponding website is helpful and the downloads useful.' Roel van der Beek, Product Management, Netherlands Chamber of Commerce

SIMPLIFY TO SUCCEED - Tips,tricks and insights to help you build, scale and sell your business (Paperback): Garry Mansell SIMPLIFY TO SUCCEED - Tips,tricks and insights to help you build, scale and sell your business (Paperback)
Garry Mansell
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why is it that a founder often turns into their own business's worst enemy? What is one of the worst things you can do when trying to tell the world about your new venture? In this insightful book, full of practical ideas, advice, and a little of his dogma, Garry Mansell, a long-time entrepreneur and business advisor, reveals answers to these and many of the other common questions he has been asked in his career advising boards. Known for plain speaking, being a hater of 'management speak', and for distilling problems and situations down to their fundamental causes and solutions, the author helps you realise that business is simple. That life doesn't have to be complicated and that awards dinners can leave you and your clients with a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach, and not just because the caterers didn't know how to run their own business.

Make It Happen - A tiny book for building a BIG restaurant business (Paperback): Ryan Gromfin Make It Happen - A tiny book for building a BIG restaurant business (Paperback)
Ryan Gromfin
R403 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R73 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Real World of the Small Business Owner (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Robert Goffee, Richard Scase The Real World of the Small Business Owner (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Robert Goffee, Richard Scase
R3,909 Discovery Miles 39 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Small businessmen and entrepreneurs came firmly back in fashion when this book was first published in 1980. As the Western economies moved into recession, many governments, particularly Mrs Thatcher's administration, looked to the entrepreneurial spirit of the small businessman to rejuvenate and revitalise Western society. Stripping away the political rhetoric, this book provides a serious social portrait of the small businessman in the economy at the time in which this book was written. Based upon extensive original research, the detailed analyses focus on the key issues in the small businessmen's life. At a time when there was much argument about the motivation and will to work of Western society, this study of the traditional custodians of capitalism is particularly relevant. Above all it shows how the historical values of the small businessman have survived in the changed circumstances of the advanced economies.

ChangeMasters - How To Make the Changes You Already Know You Need To Make (Paperback): Barry Moltz ChangeMasters - How To Make the Changes You Already Know You Need To Make (Paperback)
Barry Moltz
R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why do so many small business owners pay for expensive advice, agree to take action ... and then never follow through? ChangeMasters exposes the true reasons for this inaction and reveals how any business owner can do better. Many small business owners know what they need to change the way they do things inside their company to be successful. But when it comes time to making that change, most hesitate or fail to take the necessary action. Why do most people consistently fail to make changes that they know would make a significant difference at their companies? Based on original research and over twenty years of working with small business owners, this book shows the key steps to breaking this harmful pattern and becoming the "ChangeMaster" that your business so desperately needs to be successful in the future. Over the past 20 years of working with thousands of small business owners, expert Barry Moltz has just about seen it all. Typically, his client's company is stuck with a problem such as stagnant business growth or shrinking revenue. The story is always the same. Moltz is hired, the situation is analyzed, a strategy is agreed upon. And then almost nothing happens. This book is inspired by this all-too common scenario. Most small business owners can implement a few easy steps, but what does it take to make the critical or difficult ones that could make a difference? This book was written to answer that question. Where is the gap between the sincere intent to make these changes and the actions to start to do it? What holds most people back and keeps them stuck on the same path over and over again? Why are they still so comfortable in not making those changes and staying on the path that clearly does not work for them and is adding to their happiness or feeling of success? What steps do they need to take to slowly break free and start to make those changes today that can help them in the long run? In ChangeMasters, Barry Moltz will reveal much of the psychological research around why change is so hard for so many people and the real life strategies that every small business owner can employ to make the changes they need in their company.

America's Moment - Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age (Hardcover): Rework America America's Moment - Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age (Hardcover)
Rework America; Preface by Zoe Baird
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Amid the biggest economic transformation in a century, many Americans are uncertain about the future-there are many paths to opportunity but few people travel them. In America's Moment, American CEOs, technologists, community leaders, educators, management experts and government officials suggest an agenda for an exciting future in this time of change. Illustrated by people who are showing the way, it includes action people can take in their own community: preparing for success; using the reach of the Internet and data to innovate jobs and to reach new markets; using technology to match employers and workers; and transitioning to a "no-collar" working world. America's Moment describes how the forces of change can become tools that open opportunity to everyone.

Strategic Entrepreneurial Finance - From Value Creation to Realization (Paperback): Darek Klonowski Strategic Entrepreneurial Finance - From Value Creation to Realization (Paperback)
Darek Klonowski
R2,552 Discovery Miles 25 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Entrepreneurial finance is a discipline that studies financial resource mobilization, resource allocation, risk moderation, optimization in financial contracting, value creation, and value monetization within the context of entrepreneurship. However, without proper strategic consideration the discipline is incomplete. This book examines how the activity of entrepreneurial finance can be enhanced via a concentration on value creation and through improved strategic decision-making. The most unique feature of the book is its focus on value creation. For entrepreneurs, value creation is not a one-off activity, but rather a continuous cycle of incremental improvements across a wide range of business activities. Entrepreneurial value creation is described in four comprehensive stages: value creation, value measurement, value enhancement, and value realization, referred to as the C-MER model. This book focuses on what creates value rather than merely presenting value creation in a straight accounting framework. At the same time, deliberate and tactical planning and implementation ensure that the firm does not ignore the components necessary for it to survive and flourish.Vigorous strategic deliberations maximize the entrepreneurial firm's chances of making the right business decisions for the future, enable the firm to manage its available financial and non-financial resources in the most optimal manner, ensure that the necessary capital is secured to progress the development of the firm to its desired development level, and build value. While financial considerations are important, the field of strategic entrepreneurial finance represents a fusion of three disciplines: strategic management, financial management, and entrepreneurship. This orientation represents a natural evolution of scholarship to combine specific domains and paradigms of naturally connected business disciplines and reflects the need to simultaneously examine business topics from different perspectives which may better encapsulate actual entrepreneurial practices.

Trucking Business - 2 Books in 1: Freight Broker and Owner Operator Trucking Business Startup. Learn How to Start, Run and... Trucking Business - 2 Books in 1: Freight Broker and Owner Operator Trucking Business Startup. Learn How to Start, Run and Scale-Up Your Own Freight Brokerage Company in Less Than 4 Weeks (Paperback)
Smith Kennard
R938 R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Save R166 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Owner Operator Trucking Business Startup - The Step-by-Step Guide On How to Start, Run and Scale-Up Your Own Commercial... Owner Operator Trucking Business Startup - The Step-by-Step Guide On How to Start, Run and Scale-Up Your Own Commercial Trucking Career With Little Money. Bonus: Licenses and Permits Checklist (Paperback)
Smith Kennard
R632 R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Save R114 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Energy Equation - Unlocking the Hidden Power of Energy in Business (Hardcover): Greg Baker The Energy Equation - Unlocking the Hidden Power of Energy in Business (Hardcover)
Greg Baker
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A groundbreaking approach to unlocking the power of energy for professional productivity and business success The Energy Equation provides a new approach to achieving marketplace success by leveraging the internal workings of your business. The energy of your business is part of a physical system. Just like any other form of energy, it can be drained and wasted or be harnessed and optimized. This book offers a revolutionary contribution to management science that can be used to drive change, improve collaboration, enhance performance, strengthen organizational health and agility, and much more. Author Greg Baker, CEO of Advance Consulting--a leading management consulting and professional development firm specializing in the transformation of people, teams, and organizations--shows you how to use "enterprise" energy to dramatically increase professional productivity and enhance business performance. The Energy Equation teaches you how to "see" the energy of your company, enabling you to understand why some things work and others don't. The traditional "surface-level management" model no longer works in the 21st century; a much deeper view is needed. The Energy Equation will help you unlock the hidden power of energy in your business: Eliminate unnecessary conflict that saps the energy of your business Build business agility, boost employee engagement, and establish a positive culture throughout your organization Optimize your daily business, manage change, and prepare for the future of work View your business through the lens of energy to see what is really happening beneath the surface The Energy Equation is a powerful resource for any person or business seeking to adapt and thrive in the challenging global business environment.

Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses - Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics (Hardcover, New Ed): Daphne Halkias,... Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses - Enterprise, Ethnicity and Family Dynamics (Hardcover, New Ed)
Daphne Halkias, Christian Adendorff
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Family businesses constitute some of the most unique, complex, and dynamic systems in modern society. The blending of the performance-based world of business and the emotion-based domain of the family creates a system potentially fraught with confusion and conflict. The significant rise in immigrant family businesses adds a further level of complexity to this mix. Research into immigrant family businesses has been based on traditional, limited views of entrepreneurship largely ignoring the ethnic and family contexts that create the culture from which entrepreneurship emerges, making it impossible to understand the complex and interdependent relationships between an owning family, its firm, its governance and the community context in which the firm operates. These firms possess features that make their governance a challenging task. They depict a complex stakeholder structure, whereby the ownership stakes are passed from one generation to the next. The owning family's members usually play multiple roles, thereby blurring governance relationships. Governance in Immigrant Family Businesses explores the relationship between ethnic cultural influence in family businesses and its impact on corporate governance, addressing the intertwined influences of contractual, relational and cultural governance mechanisms and sets out a comprehensive theoretical model which clarifies the complexities involved in business planning, family harmony, and ethnic cultural variables. The authors specifically identify the implications for research, education, and practice. Application of their model will be of value to policy makers, consultants, business researchers and educators.

Creative Truth - Start & Build a Profitable Design Business (Paperback): Brad Weaver Creative Truth - Start & Build a Profitable Design Business (Paperback)
Brad Weaver
R1,441 Discovery Miles 14 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Creative Truth is your playbook for starting, building, and enjoying a profitable design business. Whether you're a solo freelancer working from home or a small group of creative entrepreneurs ready to get to the next level, this is your roadmap to success. You're the CEO, CFO, CTO, Secretary, Janitor, Office Manager, and everything in between. Finding a balance between running the business and doing great creative work is a constant struggle. From learning how to price your work and manage your time, to setting up your business and defining your market, Brad Weaver covers everything designers need to know to run a studio without losing heart. Highlights: * Real numbers, real tools, and best practices in a toolkit that you can start using immediately in your business. * A companion website that offers up-to-date resources, articles, tools, and discussions, allowing readers to continue learning as they grow. * Practical tips for getting clients, being more profitable, building your network, managing your operations, getting things done, hiring help, managing contractors, and finding joy along the way.

Increasing Management Relevance and Competitiveness - Proceedings of the 2nd Global Conference on Business, Management and... Increasing Management Relevance and Competitiveness - Proceedings of the 2nd Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship (GC-BME 2017), August 9, 2017, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia (Hardcover)
Badri Munir Sukoco, Ade Gafar Abdullah, Ratih Hurriyati, Rahmat Setianto, Nidya Arina, …
R5,273 Discovery Miles 52 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Increasing Management Relevance and Competitiveness contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Business, Management and Entrepreneurship (the 2nd GC-BME 2017), Surabaya, Indonesia on the 9th of August, 2017. The book covers 7 topics: 1. Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Human Resources Management 2. Innovation, Operations and Supply Chain Management 3. Marketing Management 4. Financial Management and Accounting 5. Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, and Contemporary Issues 6. Green Business 7. Management and Economics Education.

Productize - The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products (Paperback): Eisha Armstrong Productize - The Ultimate Guide to Turning Professional Services into Scalable Products (Paperback)
Eisha Armstrong
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Traction - How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth (Hardcover): Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares Traction - How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth (Hardcover)
Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares
R732 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R176 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mind Your Business (Paperback): I Griffo Mind Your Business (Paperback)
I Griffo
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Want to start your own business, but not sure where to begin? Mind Your Business is the ONLY book that teaches you everything you need to know about how to build a successful business from scratch. From developing your brand to designing products to identifying your legal and tax needs, this comprehensive guide will take you through every step of the process and help you create a unique and customized roadmap for your business. Mind Your Business is for aspiring entrepreneurs who are driven, ambitious, creative, and determined to build a business and life they love. Author Ilana Griffo shares the formula that turned her creative hobby into a six-figure design studio. From initial planning to long-term business strategy, Mind Your Business includes: * Insider tips from successful entrepreneurs * Advice to identify your ideal market and customer * Legal guidelines to protect your ass(ets) * Budget and forecast tools * How to avoid the pitfalls that doom most startups * Guidance on how to scale and grow * Suggestions on how to dominate online platforms * Tips to beat your competitors with SEO and social media Mind Your Business puts you in the driver's seat. It will help you navigate the journey of starting your first business and take your ambitions and ideas from wishful thinking to successful reality.

Managing Human Resources in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Entrepreneurship and the Employment Relationship (Paperback):... Managing Human Resources in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Entrepreneurship and the Employment Relationship (Paperback)
Robert Wapshott, Oliver Mallett
R1,253 Discovery Miles 12 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Well-managed employment relationships can be a secret to business success, yet this factor is relatively poorly understood when it comes to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's). Written by active researchers with teaching experience, this book brings together the fields of entrepreneurship and human resource management for the first time, providing entrepreneurship students with a solid grounding in HRM as well as a platform for further critical engagement with the research. The concise and authoritative style also enables the book to be used as a primer for researchers exploring this under-developed terrain. As the only student-focused specialist book on human resource management in entrepreneurial firms, this is vital reading for students and researchers in this area, as well as those interested in small business and management more generally.

Start a Knife Sharpening Service (Paperback): Kyle M Kaplan Start a Knife Sharpening Service (Paperback)
Kyle M Kaplan
R492 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R86 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories (Hardcover): Godfrey Baldacchino Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories (Hardcover)
Godfrey Baldacchino
R4,373 Discovery Miles 43 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories is the first publication to consider the 'creative' side of enterprise in small island states and territories. Rather than playing out as remote, vulnerable and dependent backwaters of neo-colonialism, the world's small island states and territories (with resident populations of less than 1 million) show considerable resourcefulness in facing up to the very real challenges of their predicament. The creative endeavours of their residents, facilitated by adroit public policy, has created economic and investment opportunities that translate into some private sector employment and decent livelihoods for many. Their ingenuity, coupled with strategic investments and the support of the diaspora, has led to a suite of (sometimes unlikely) products and services: from citizenship and higher-level internet domain names, to place-branded foods and beverages; from electronic gaming to niche manufacturing. There is much more to small island survival than subsistence farming, aid, remittances and public sector workfare. Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories helps to dispel this myth, showcasing an aspect of life in small island states and territories that is rarely documented or critically reviewed.

Finance for Small and Entrepreneurial Business (Hardcover): Richard Roberts Finance for Small and Entrepreneurial Business (Hardcover)
Richard Roberts
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The financial environment of small and entrepreneurial firms is changing rapidly and is a topic where significant disagreement remains amongst researchers and policy advisers. This concise textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current and projected trends in this market for the benefit of students of entrepreneurship at an advanced level. Written by an expert on SME finance, it provides a straightforward review of the external funding choices faced by small business owners, drawing on a range of new data sources which have emerged in recent years, along with a range of case studies. In addition, it includes an analysis of longer term trends and the role of the changing phases of the business cycle to equip readers to better understand the wider market environment both now and in the future. Roberts provides students of entrepreneurship with everything they need to know to excel in understanding the financial environment and its effect on small business.

Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business (Paperback): Sarah Beth Aubrey Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business (Paperback)
Sarah Beth Aubrey
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Locally grown produce and specialty farm products are finding eager new customers every season. Farmers' markets sprout up every spring, luring tourists and locals with pasture-raised meats, organic vegetables and fruit, artisanal cheeses, and a seemingly endless assortment of baked goods, handmade condiments, and craft items. Restaurants and grocery stores feature products from regional farms with pride. And direct-to-consumer marketing and selling is a reality for every farmer with an Internet connection.
To help farmers position themselves well for the opportunities afforded by today's market, Sarah Aubrey, a successful farm-based business owner, shares her years of research and firsthand experience in "Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business," Here is everything readers need to know about launching a small agricultural enterprise, from initial start-up to consumer marketing. Begin by fine-tuning that bright idea into a viable business plan, and then learn how to go out and sell it. Secure financing, work out the legalities, follow the proper USDA guidelines, and a farming business is born. Aubrey explains every step of the process and even includes samples of the required forms.
Every small farmer must also become a skilled salesperson and marketing professional. Aubrey runs through all the selling options -- from rural farmstands to Web sites to food service wholesalers -- and explains the pros and cons of each. She also explains how to create and stick with an advertising budget, how to develop pricing strategies, and the importance of personal asset protection.
Aubrey brings her business advice to life with profiles of farmers successfully crafting and sellingeverything from small batches of wine to exotic animals such as elk and alpacas. Their stories are minicourses in successful farming, sure to inspire every reader.

Untethered - Living the digital nomad life in an uncertain world (Paperback): Nathan James Thomas Untethered - Living the digital nomad life in an uncertain world (Paperback)
Nathan James Thomas
R464 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments (Paperback, New): Per Lind Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments (Paperback, New)
Per Lind
R2,078 Discovery Miles 20 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Products and services created by small and medium sized organizations account for the vast majority of economic activity across the globe. These organizations will prove vitally important to the emerging and developing economies that will shape future decades.

Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments is one of very few books to take the cross-cultural context as an opportunity to analyse and discuss the key concepts of small firm management in different parts of the world. This textbook covers important topics, such as:

  • the global economic development process
  • entrepreneurship
  • the role of government
  • SME growth and collaborations in a global context.

By explaining how culture shapes and conditions the reality of small businesses and how organizational theories and models fail as management tools, this book fills a significant gap. Supplemented by a compendium of compelling case studies, drawn from across the world, and based upon 25 years of international research by the author, Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments is a useful guide for students and practitioners of SME and International Management

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