Small businesses and self-employment

In Lean on Civility: Strategies for Changing Culture in Manufacturing Workplaces, the authors explain how incorporating civility can drive success in your business.

This edited volume presents new means of quantifying the behavioral and consequential differences between technology-based and non-technology-based nascent entrepreneurs in varied economies.

A concise, accessible account of strategy and the Second World War.

Family Business Management provides an accessible overview of the core aspects of family business, with an international, practice-based perspective.

Whether you're new to freelancing or a seasoned freelance operative, Brilliant Freelancer is packed full of ideas and case studies to help you build a happy, productive and profitable freelance life quickly and easily.

Written for the business manager of middle or senior rank who is contemplating a career move from corporate to self-employment this book describes how to set up a consultancy practice with little financial outlay and take advantage of a growth market.

This book focuses on Iran to explore the question of how the nature of industrial organizations and the whole system they constitute can exert a great influence on an industry's competitiveness and resilience.

This inspirational, informative guide offers “proven and tested practical ideas for growing your business in .

Directors, chairpersons, executives, recruiters, and other professionals who assist corporate boards all agree that becoming a corporate director is a journey.

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise and social enterprises are solving some of the most critical and enduring social problems by using innovative, pragmatic and sustainable business models.

Good conversation is at the heart of networking, meetings, interviews, negotiations and raising your profile.

The ultimate handbook for artists and makers to learn how to deliver outstanding in person and online workshops.

Sunday: Get started with realistic goals and a detailed business plan, and do your market researchMonday: Learn strategies for building a network of contacts and how to handle meetingsTuesday: Learn how to get the product or service right and increase your marginWednesday: Choose the most effective ways to communicate with customers and prepare useful marketing materialsThursday: Market yourself and your business and learn how to cut the jargon and describe what you do in 30 secondsFriday: Motivate yourself to work hard and ignore distractions and make a good impression as the face of your businessSaturday: Avoid difficulties and problems through using personal planning and business planning tripwires

Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMUs) sind für das Wachstum einer Wirtschaft und die soziale Gleichheit innerhalb jeder Gesellschaft von überragender Bedeutung.

The low-risk secret to a high-pro fit business--a perfect primer for first-time entrepreneursMore and more people are leaving their jobs and investing in small businesses--today's leading job growth opportunity.

This textbook familiarises students with the theory and practice of small business management and challenges assumptions that may be held about the way small business management can or should adopt the management practices of larger firms.

Du bist Selbstständiger oder Unternehmer?

Are you an online artist ready to take your passion to the next level?

No one knows more about starting and running a bed and breakfast business than successful cook, author and hotel owner Amy Willcock.

This book presents the principles governing the entrepreneurial and innovation mindset and processes of people working in the small business sector and other organisations, based on research findings from real-life issues and challenges that face entrepreneurs on a daily basis.

For many, small firms are everyday realities of the economy and visible in every high-street and industrial estate.

Small Firms as Innovators: From Innovation to Sustainable Growth provides a rich empirical analysis of innovation in the context of small business.

Bestselling author Jason R.

Sich auf die Einhaltung von Vorschriften und die Buchführung zu konzentrieren ist nicht genug.

The Small Business Controller describes the role of the controller in a small business and provides a detailed "e;how-to"e; analysis of the many duties and responsibilities the small business controller often assumes.

This insightful practical guide argues that the traditional business plan may not be appropriate for many new ventures and presents an alternative, effectual approach that encourages flexibility and development through exploration and experience.

By 2009, reverberations of economic crisis spread from the United States around the globe.

Franchising Globally is first of its kind to examine franchising both from an entrepreneurial and from an international perspective.

Are you thinking of buying a franchise or franchising your own business?

Take an in-depth look into the gig economy to see how tech professionals and entrepreneurs can earn a living as freelancers and contractors.

This book provides pragmatic advice for business owners of privately-held, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on how to grow business, increase top line revenues and bottom line profits, enhance the value of their companies, and build their business wealth

In this comprehensive overview, Idiot's Guides: Starting & Running a Marijuana Business teaches readers how to end up on the lucrative side of the Green Rush, whether they plan to grow, sell, or both, by learning the best practices for securing locations and permits, dealing with the financial restraints from the U.

The digital age has transformed business opportunities and strategies in a resolutely practical and data-driven project universe.

Whether you're a small or mid-size organization, managing operations can be challenging.

Africa suffers from two main diseases: poor management and a lack of vibrant entrepreneurial activity.

You've grown your business, reached a plateau and are now struggling to grow.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several types of programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty and venture capital programs to enhance small business access to capital; contracting programs to increase small business opportunities in federal contracting; direct loan programs for businesses, homeowners, and renters to assist their recovery from natural disasters; and small business management and technical assistance training programs to assist business formation and expansion.

The experts at Entrepreneur provide a two-part guide to success.

The 39th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

From a TechCrunch founder and award-winning strategist comes the most comprehensive guide to the newest fundraising options for today's entrepreneurs.

The Beginner's Guide to Low-Risk EntrepreneurshipYou want to start your own business, but "e;risk"e; isn't your middle name.

This book pursues an interdisciplinary approach to studying family firms as a particular type of business strongly embedded in the territories in which they are located.

Meticulously researched with fresh insights into the entrepreneurial process, Jeffrey Harris brings the in-depth perceptions from his nearly thirty years of venture capital experience to provide a thorough understanding of the transformative ideas and leadership abilities that separate the winners and losers.

Harness the power of the crowd to turn your dreams into reality!

Aligning with current difficult economic times, this book helps libraries assist users entering or already involved in the small business community.