Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management / Norman M. Scarborough

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The foundations of entrepreneurship -- Inside the entrepreneurial mind : from ideas to reality -- Designing a competitive business model and building a solid strategic -- Plan -- Conducting a feasibility analysis and crafting a winning business plan -- Forms of business ownership -- Franchising and the entrepreneur -- Buying an existing business -- Building a powerful guerrilla marketing plan -- E-commerce and the entrepreneur -- Pricing strategies -- Creating a successful financial plan -- Managing cash flow -- Sources of financing : equity and debt -- Choosing the right location and layout -- Global aspects of entrepreneurship -- Building a new venture teamandplanning for the next generation