TY - BOOK AU - Longenecker,Justin G. TI - Small business management: launching & growing entrepreneurial ventures. SN - 9781133947752 AV - HD62.7.S63 U1 - 658.02/2 21 PY - 2014/// CY - Mason, OH PB - South-Western, Cengage Learning KW - Small business KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1. Entrepreneurship: a world of opportunity: The Entrepreneurial life -- Integrity and ethics: foundations for success in small business -- 2. Starting from scratch or joining an existing business: Starting a small business -- Franchises and buyouts -- The Family business -- 3. Developing the new venture business plan: The Business plan: visualizing the dream -- The Marketing plan -- The Organizational plan: teams, legal structures, alliances and directors -- The Location plan -- Understanding a firm's financial statements -- Forecasting financial requirements -- A firm's sources of financing -- Planning for the harvest -- 4. Focusing on the customer: marketing growth strategies: Building customer relationships -- Product development and supply chain management -- Pricing and credit decisions -- Promotional planning -- Global opportunities for small businesses -- 5. Managing growth in the small business: Professional management and the small business -- Managing human resources -- Managing Operations -- Managing the firm's assets -- Managing risk in the small business -- Cases -- ER -