TY - BOOK AU - Stokes, David AU - Wilson, Nick TI - Small business management and entrepreneurship SN - 9781473773899 U1 - 658.022 PY - 2021/// CY - Andover PB - Cengage Learning, KW - Small business Management KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Entrepreneuriat KW - New business enterprises N1 - Includes index; Part 1: Understanding small business and entrepreneurship 1. Small business in the economy 2. Entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur and the owner-manager 3. The small business and entrepreneurial environment 4. Innovation and the marketplace 5. Information and help Part 2: Creating the entrepreneurial small business 6. Business planning 7. Successful small business strategies 8. Start-ups and franchises 9. Buying an existing business 10. Forming and protecting a business Part 3: Managing the entrepreneurial small business 11. Management of people and resources 12. Marketing 13. Money matters for small business 14. Business exits and realizing value N2 - "Now in its eighth edition, this book provides thorough coverage of small business management and entrepreneurship, drawing on contemporary theory and practice in equal measure. It includes recent examples and current references drawn from a wide variety of industrial, social and cultural contexts, such as the impact of Coronavirus on small businesses, the effect of GDPR on market research and the use of influencers in marketing." ER -