In the high interest topic of start-ups focused on the beginning stages of entrepreneurship, Beyond the Startup fills a void in the entrepreneurial discussion on how to scale a second stage start up laying out, in practical terms, the tools and practices that allowed Ralf Specht to transform companies into global powerhouses.
New York Times-Bestseller: "e;This encouraging and practical book will give you hope and a plan"e; for overcoming obstacles and growing your business (David J.
A practical plan for entrepreneurs that "e;takes you by the hand and leads you to success as a business owner"e; (Jay Conrad Levinson, national-bestselling author of Guerrilla Marketing).
Open innovation has been widely implemented in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of influencing business promotion, value gain, and economic empowerment.
Tapping into more than 33 years of small business expertise, the staff at Entrepreneur Media takes todays entrepreneurs beyond opening their doors and through the first three years of ownership.
This book aims to reconstruct the activities of enterprises and individuals over two decades in one developing country (Hungary), within and across four politico-economic domains (agriculture, infrastructure/construction, commerce, and manufacturing), from the initial Stalinist obsession with heavy industry through later reforms paying greater attention to profitable farming and the provision of abundant consumer goods.
Internationally recognized millionaire-maker Dan Kennedy leads business professionals into the post-recession economy and introduces them to the new rules, new restrictions, new obstacles, and new opportunities that lie ahead.
This lively and provocative book introduces this burgeoning field for readers concerned with K-12 education in the United States--and with efforts to reform and improve it.
This lively and provocative book introduces this burgeoning field for readers concerned with K-12 education in the United States--and with efforts to reform and improve it.
Guide to Fashion Entrepreneurship delves into a comprehensive, step-by-step entrepreneurial action plan that investigates how fashion product concepts are created, branded, sourced, marketed, channeled, and merchandised.
Grow a Profitable and Lasting Business on Your TermsIf you ve started a business, you know that the journey toward success can be both invigorating and confusing, so where can you find advice that is practical and focused but still as playful and passionate as you are?
Over the last decade Lean and Six Sigma methods and tools have helped organizations improve to historic productivity levels with the data driven, systematic elimination of waste and improvement of flow.
This book focuses on the steps a new business owner must take in the first 100 days of starting a business to establish a lasting and successful enterprise.
Research and development (R&D) supply chains are often designed without the process discipline and rigor that typically characterize the development of products emerging from R&D programs.
If you're a manager of a supply chain operation, or a student learning about supply chain management, this book will provide not only an overview of supply chain management but also a framework for subsequent, more detailed study in various aspects of supply management.
This book provides a short, concise overview of lean work design, which sees lean systems as the result of a systematic implementation of appropriate work processes.
If you are a supply chain manager, an executive, an entrepreneur, or a stakeholder in a sustainable business, this book will help you develop the awareness and skills needed to support sustainable supply chain management in your firm.
This text offers a practical approach for understanding the US Army's extremely complex global logistics system, widely acknowledged as one of the largest in the world.
Every company must continually wrestle with the problem of deciding the right quantity and mix of products or services that it should produce as well as when and where to produce them.