Entrepreneurship

This text is designed to instruct students on how to formulate, plan and implement a new venture. Students are exposed to descriptions of how to embark on a new venture in a logical manner, with actual case studies and entrepreneur profiles. The material is also supported by Internet resources.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hisrich, Robert D. (Author), Peters, Michael P. (Author), Shepherd, Dean A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill/Irwin , c2010
Edition:8th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mind-set
  • 2. Entrepreneurial intentions and corporate entrepreneurship
  • 3. Entrepreneurial strategy: generating and exploiting new entries
  • 4. Creativity and the business idea
  • 5. Identifying and analyzing domestic and international opportunities
  • 6. Protecting the idea and other legal issues for the entrepreneur
  • 7. The business plan: creating and starting the venture
  • 8. The marketing plan
  • 9. The organizational plan
  • 10. The financial plan
  • 11. Sources of capital
  • 12. Informal risk capital, venture capital, and going public
  • 13. Strategies for growth and managing the implications of growth
  • 14. Accessing resources for growth from external sources
  • 15. Succession planning and strategies for harvesting and ending the venture