Growing an entrepreneurial business concepts and cases - Hess, Edward D. (Stanford Business Books, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Growth can be good and growth can be bad -- Darden private growth company research (DPGC) -- Growth is more than a strategy -- The 4Ps of growth: planning, prioritization, processes, and pace -- The entrepreneur must grow, too! -- The challenges of building an effective management team -- Culture: creating a high-performance environment -- Growth thrusters : "replicution" and "boosters" -- The added complexity of managing a family business
Growing an Entrepreneurial Business: Concepts and Cases is a textbook designed for courses that focus on managing small to medium sized enterprises. It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. The book is divided into two parts--text and cases--to provide professors with maximum flexibility in organizing their courses. The thirty-five cases can be used in conjunction with the text, or independently. Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particu