"This book examines the best practices for increasing a company's competitiveness through the study of three strategic factors in business success: entrepreneurship, innovation, and internationalization"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Small and medium businesses : a diverse population -- Microeconomics and small business -- Entrepreneurship and small business -- Small business, growth and employment -- Small business as family business -- The life cycle of small business, part 1: "Spawning"...

The topic of entrepreneurial finance involves many issues including but not limited to the risks and returns to being an entrepreneur, financial contracting, business planning, capital gaps and the availability of capital, and market booms and busts. This handbook provides a comprehensive...