Managing Growth: A Guide for EntrepreneursThe problems inherent in the business venture life cycle are discussed theoretically and applied to case studies in this business guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners on growth and management strategies for business start-ups. |
Contents
1 | 7 |
1 | 17 |
End of chapter activities | 21 |
The dynamics of business growth | 23 |
5 | 31 |
Bidvest | 38 |
Managing a troubled business | 44 |
20 | 69 |
Case study | 130 |
Joint ventures | 151 |
ALTRON and Sexwale team up | 165 |
End of chapter activities | 185 |
Initial public offering | 215 |
Servest | 232 |
HERCULES FOODS | 239 |
OMNIA | 246 |
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achieve acquisition assets Avroy business plan business venture capital requirements cash flow chapter Competition Commission competitive competitors ComputerShare cost customers DataMirror Discuss employees entrepreneur entrepreneurial venture Entrepreneurship environment expenses external factors failure Figure financial growth focus franchise franchisor funds goals going public growing firms growth stage growth strategies identified Idion important increase industry initial public offering investors issues Italtile Johannesburg Securities Exchange joint venture JSE Securities Exchange M-Web macroenvironment Malundi management team margin market share merger Nando's Nieman normally operations opportunity organisation partner PE firm performance position Postnet potential Pre-launch stage Pretoria private equity problems profit public offering refers relationship risk Sasolburg sector sell shareholders small business South Africa stakeholders start-up stage structure success suppliers target market trade turnaround turnover types University of Pretoria venture capital venture's Vlok Wickham