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  • © 1996

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Editors:

  1. Paul Burns

    1. Cranfield University, UK

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  2. Jim Dewhurst

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Part of the book series: Small Business (SBUI)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    3. Start-up

      • Sue Birley
      Pages 20-39

    4. Growth

      • Paul Burns, Jean Harrison
      Pages 40-72

    5. Uncertainty, innovation and management

      • David Storey, Nigel Sykes
      Pages 73-93

    6. The entrepreneur

      • Jim Dewhurst
      Pages 94-109

    7. Financing small firms

      • Martin Binks, Christine Ennew
      Pages 110-130

    8. Venture capital

      • Gordon Murray
      Pages 131-165

    9. Franchising

      • Colin Barrow
      Pages 166-179

    10. The business plan

      • Paul Burns
      Pages 180-197

    11. Small firms policy in Europe

      • Jim Dewhurst
      Pages 198-217

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 331-333
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About this book

This extensively revised edition of this popular text deals with the problems and issues facing entrepreneurs and small business today. It now includes: a number of new contributions from leading experts, including new chapters on Venture Capital, Uncertainty, Innovation and Management and Small Firms Policy in Europe; a greater emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate material; and a number of new exercises and assignments. The text will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and entrepreneurship as well as to people who run or work for small businesses.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Cranfield University, UK

    Paul Burns

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Jim Dewhurst

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