Fundamentals of “Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management” is one of the core subjects which is gaining greater attention in the 21st century. The book consists of chapters grouped into six parts to facilitate the students pursuing degree and diploma courses in management and entrepreneurship.
The concept of ‘Entrepreneurial Studies’ has appreciable changed in nature and content over the years. It is no longer considered an assortment of all sorts of arbitrary facts and figures to choose from. Instead, it is now increasingly becoming more of a systematic, purposefull and objective study of a wide range of disciplines, cultural variances, value systems and environment around us.
Contents :
1. Introduction
PART − I : ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2. The Entrepreneur
3. The Concept of Entrepreneurship
4. Entrepreneurial Motivation
5. Entrepreneurship Development in India
6. Theories of Entrepreneurship
7. Rural Entrepreneurship
PART − II : SMALL BUSINESS
8. Nature and Scope of Business
9. Small Business − The Concept
10. Small Business in the Indian Economy
11. Enterprise Location
12. Establishing A Small Enterprise
13. Forms of Ownership
14. Small Entrepreneur in International Business
PART − III : ORGANISING AND MANAGEMENT
15. Financing Small Business
16. Working Capital Management
17. Purchasing and Inventory Management
18. Production and Operations Management
19. Issues in Small Business Marketing
20. Profit Planning and Budgeting
21. Accounting for Small Business
PART − IV : POLICY SUPPORT TO SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES
22. Policy Support to Small-Scale Enterprises
23. Legal Framework for Small Business
24. Institutional Assistance to Small-Scale Industries
25. Management Process in Small Business
26. Sickness in Small-Scale Industries
27. Incentives and Subsidies
28. Growth Strategies for Small Business
