LEADER 03522nam 22005655 450 001 9910367255903321 005 20251010080450.0 010 $a981-13-9509-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-9509-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000009845176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6111935 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-9509-3 035 $a(PPN)253473160 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009845176 100 $a20191121d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSmall Business Management $eTheory and Practice /$fby Tim Mazzarol, Sophie Reboud 205 $a4th ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (597 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSpringer Texts in Business and Economics,$x2192-4341 311 08$a981-13-9508-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of small business management and challenges assumptions that may be held about the way small business management can or should adopt the management practices of larger firms. For students interested in establishing and managing their own small firm, this book helps them to focus their thinking on the realities of life as a small business owner-manager ? both its challenges and its rewards. For postgraduate students that are keen to ?make a difference?, this text enables them to understand how they might consult to small firms and assist owner-managers to establish and grow their ventures. In addition to students, this book is also useful to small business owner-managers as a general guide on how they might better manage their operations. Managers in large corporations and financial institutions who deal with small businesses as clients or suppliers, and professionals such asaccountants, lawyers and consultants who provide advice and other services to small businesses will also find the book of interest. 410 0$aSpringer Texts in Business and Economics,$x2192-4341 606 $aSmall business 606 $aStrategic planning 606 $aLeadership 606 $aSmall Business 606 $aBusiness Strategy and Leadership 615 0$aSmall business. 615 0$aStrategic planning. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 14$aSmall Business. 615 24$aBusiness Strategy and Leadership. 676 $a070.4068 700 $aMazzarol$b Tim$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0508701 702 $aReboud$b Sophie$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367255903321 996 $aSmall Business Management$92169271 997 $aUNINA