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About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Dedications
Preface
1
Foundations for Small Business
1.1
Small Business in the US Economy
1.2
Success and Failure in Small Businesses
1.3
Evolution
1.4
Ethics
1.5
The Three Threads
2
Your Business Idea: The Quest for Value
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2.1
Defining the Customer’s Concept of Value
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2.2
Knowing Your Customers
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2.3
Sources of Business Ideas
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2.4
The Three Threads
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Family Businesses
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3.1
Family Business: An Overview
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3.2
Family Business Issues
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3.3
Conflict
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3.4
The Three Threads
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E-Business and E-Commerce
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4.1
E-Business and E-Commerce: The Difference
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4.2
E-Commerce Operations
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4.3
E-Commerce Technology
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4.4
The Three Threads
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5
The Business Plan
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5.1
Developing Your Strategy
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5.2
The Necessity for a Business Plan
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5.3
Building a Plan
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5.4
The Three Threads
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Marketing Basics
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6.1
What Marketing Is All About
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6.2
The Customer
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6.3
Marketing Research
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6.4
The Three Threads
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Marketing Strategy
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7.1
The Importance of a Marketing Strategy
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7.2
The Marketing Strategy Process
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7.3
Segmentation and the Target Market
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7.4
Differentiation and Positioning
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7.5
Marketing Strategy and Product
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7.6
Marketing Strategy and Price
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7.7
Marketing Strategy and Place
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7.8
Marketing Strategy and Promotion
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7.9
The Three Threads
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The Marketing Plan
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8.1
The Need for a Marketing Plan
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8.2
The Marketing Plan
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8.3
The Three Threads
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Accounting and Cash Flow
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9.1
Understanding the Need for Accounting Systems
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9.2
Financial Accounting Statements
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9.3
Financial Ratio Analysis
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9.4
The Three Threads
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Financial Management
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10.1
The Importance of Financial Management in Small Business
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10.2
Financial Control
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10.3
Financial Decision Making
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10.4
The Three Threads
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Supply Chain Management: You Better Get It Right
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11.1
The Supply Chain and a Firm’s Role in It
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11.2
A Firm’s Role in the Supply Chain
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11.3
The Benefits and the Risks of Participating in a Supply Chain
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11.4
The Three Threads
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12
People and Organization
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12.1
Principles of Management and Organization
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12.2
Organizational Design
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12.3
Legal Forms of Organization for the Small Business
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12.4
People
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12.5
The Three Threads
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13
The Search for Efficiency and Effectiveness
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13.1
Personal Efficiency and Effectiveness
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13.2
Creativity
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13.3
Organizational Efficiency
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13.4
Going Lean
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13.5
Personnel Efficiency
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13.6
The Three Threads
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Icebergs and Escapes
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14.1
Icebergs
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14.2
Disaster Assistance
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14.3
Escapes: Getting Out of the Business
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14.4
Exit Strategies
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Going Global: Yes or No?
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15.1
US Small Business in the Global Environment
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15.2
What You Should Know Before Going Global
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15.3
Key Management Decisions and Considerations
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15.4
The Three Threads
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Appendix: A Sample Business Plan
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A.1
Executive Summary
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