Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth with InfoTrac or Wake up Calls

Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth with InfoTrac

Author: Donald F Kuratko

The goal of Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth is to transform the strategic process for entrepreneurs into a growth-oriented approach. The chapters are brief and to the point and include a comprehensive case and relevant journal article. The text explores strategic management process as it relates to building the entrepreneurial firm, planning, growth, and important current and future implications for entrepreneurship.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. 1	Understanding the Entrepreneurial Challenge	1
Ch. 1	The Challenge of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Growing Organizations	2
Ch. 2	The Challenge of Entrepreneurial Growth	39
Ch. 3	The Ethical Challenge of Growing Enterprises	77
Pt. 2	Strategic Issues for Emerging Ventures	117
Ch. 4	Opportunity Recognition: Developing Distinctive Competencies	118
Ch. 5	Assessment of Entrepreneurial Ventures	166
Ch. 6	Understanding Strategic Positioning	210
Ch. 7	Business Plans for Growing Ventures	247
Ch. 8	Succession Planning and the Family Business	306
Pt. 3	Growth Options for Strategic Impact	351
Ch. 9	Corporate Entrepreneurship: Developing Internal Innovation	352
Ch. 10	Embracing Rapid Expansion: The Franchise Option	396
Ch. 11	The Challenge of Venture Capital for Growing Ventures	436
	Index	476

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Wake up Calls: Classic Cases in Business Ethics

Author: David P Schmidt

Wake Up Calls: Classic Cases in Business Ethics presents classic cases that demonstrate business ethics blunders by mainstream companies. The authors provide a conceptual background to help put each case into a meaningful context. By exploring and discussing where businesses have failed, learners get a greater insight into the importance of practicing ethical behavior.