Norman Scarborough – författare

Taking a practical, hands-on approach to entrepreneurship, Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management teaches you how to successfully launch and manage a business.

Now in its 9th Edition, the text equips you with the tools and critical-thinking skills you need for business success. It dissects case studies, examines successes and failures in the context of the market, and observes the tactics used by today's most successful small business ventures. With this, you develop the skills that will give you a unique advantage in a hotly competitive environment.

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For undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and/or small business management.

Discover how to successfully launch and manage a small business.

Open your students’ minds to the possibilities, challenges, and rewards of becoming a small business owner with Entrepreneurship and Effective Small Business Management. This text provides students with the tools they need in order to launch and manage a small business.

This 11th Edition continues to provide students with a practical, hands-on approach to launch a business that has the greatest chance for success. This edition features ten new cases and the most recent statistics, studies, surveys, and research about entrepreneurship and small business management.

Develop the necessary skills and knowledge for successful business management

Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, 9th edition, Global Edition, by Norman M. Scarborough and Jeffrey R. Cornwall, teaches you how to launch and successfully manage a small business. The text takes a practical approach to entrepreneurship, equipping you with the tools and critical-thinking skills necessary for success, dissecting case studies, examining successes and failures in the context of the market, and observing the tactics used by successful small businesses today.

Packed with learning features, this book is perfect for courses on small business management, or as a guide to those thinking about building a small business.

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Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management is a how-to guide to launching and managing a successful small business. Taking a practical, hands-on approach, author Norman Scarborough dissects case studies, examines market successes and failures, and breaks down tactics used by today’s most successful small business ventures.

The 10th Edition reflects recent trends in entrepreneurship, including ways of leveraging AI. In each chapter, new examples, cases and data reflect the dynamic, culturally diverse world of entrepreneurship, while opening eyes to the possibilities, challenges and rewards available with business ownership. The new edition expands on business financing and modern workforce strategies, as two major areas shaping modern-day entrepreneurialism.