Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct

This report discusses the growth strategy for small businesses with an example of OfficePro Direct, an office supplies and stationery products distributor in Nottingham. The report unfolds to discover the approach taken to derive the growth strategy by exploring the organisation's internal core...

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Main Author: Sharma, Dhritiman
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36994/
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description This report discusses the growth strategy for small businesses with an example of OfficePro Direct, an office supplies and stationery products distributor in Nottingham. The report unfolds to discover the approach taken to derive the growth strategy by exploring the organisation's internal core functions and external variables; like competitive positioning, economic surroundings, market conditions etc. It uses various relevant management frameworks, primary academic and industry research to formulate a short and long term growth strategy plan for OfficePro Direct's marketing and operation functions. It also discusses best practices for small businesses to implement the strategy suggested.
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spelling nottingham-369942018-04-18T09:09:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36994/ Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct Sharma, Dhritiman This report discusses the growth strategy for small businesses with an example of OfficePro Direct, an office supplies and stationery products distributor in Nottingham. The report unfolds to discover the approach taken to derive the growth strategy by exploring the organisation's internal core functions and external variables; like competitive positioning, economic surroundings, market conditions etc. It uses various relevant management frameworks, primary academic and industry research to formulate a short and long term growth strategy plan for OfficePro Direct's marketing and operation functions. It also discusses best practices for small businesses to implement the strategy suggested. 2016-09-19 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36994/1/Growth%20Strategy%20for%20Small%20Businesses-%20The%20case%20of%20OfficePro%20Direct.pdf Sharma, Dhritiman (2016) Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] small business SME Growth strategy E-commerce Marketing Operations
spellingShingle small business
SME
Growth strategy
E-commerce
Marketing
Operations
Sharma, Dhritiman
Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title_full Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title_fullStr Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title_full_unstemmed Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title_short Growth Strategy for Small Businesses: The case of OfficePro Direct
title_sort growth strategy for small businesses: the case of officepro direct
topic small business
SME
Growth strategy
E-commerce
Marketing
Operations
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36994/