This book gives us a holistic description of all paragons involved in small business operations during crisis years and suggests the necessary steps that need to be taken to help them overcome their problems.The author clearly demonstrates the crisis implications to small businesses by using personal research and real-life examples in addition to a big bibliography from renowned academics. The book contains useful and practical information for small business owners, entrepreneurs from all industries, business students, academics and strategists, business coaches and can be used as a road map during turbulent periods for small business in all industries.
The author covers the topic from different approaches, while he tries to have a bird's-eye view of contemporary trends and new approaches. Several concepts like risk management, blue ocean strategy, and turnaround management have been discussed by the author in order to create a crystal clear understanding of why there is no such thing as dead end for small businesses even under the worst possible situations and how they can achieve their sustainable development and grow.
This book was inspired by the significant problems that small and medium enterprises faced during the last huge global financial crisis.
Small Business Management: A Road Map for Survival During Crisis| Andreas Karaoulanis (Author)| Business Expert Press
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I Introduction to the Small Business Concept
Chapter 1. Small Business: Touching Base
Chapter 2. A Depiction of Small Business from an Entrepreneurial Approach
Section II Financial Crisis and Small Business
Chapter 3. Implications of Financial Crisis in Small Business
Chapter 4. Small Business Entrepreneurial Strategic Approach during Financial Crisis
Chapter 5. Small Business and Blue Ocean Strategy
Chapter 6. Small Business Sustainable Development
Epilogue
References
About the Author
Index
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