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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Author(s) : Rajeev Roy

9780195695243, Paperback , 640 Pages
March 2008
Rs. 360
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Description

Entrepreneurship is a comprehensive textbook designed to meet the needs of management students and entrepreneurs. It aims to familiarize readers with the ground realities of starting and managing their own business. The book elucidates concepts based on original research and the author’s own experience in setting up and running entrepreneurial ventures

The book delves into various aspects of starting a business, including idea generation. It highlights the importance of developing a business plan and elaborates the laws and regulations important for a start-up.

Entrepreneurship in the context of family owned businesses—one of the pillars of Indian economy—is especially explored. All operational and management aspects of a new enterprise, such as buying a business, entrepreneurial finance, human resource management, entrepreneurial marketing, new product development, e-commerce, networking, and project management, are dealt with in detail. The book also discusses growth and exit strategies, and includes a chapter on social responsibility.

The book includes a CD, which has start-up documentation, applications, templates, and checklists required by entrepreneurs to initiate a business in India. It also contains video clippings of successful entrepreneurs sharing their experiences.

Key Features

  • Contains a unique framework to evaluate nascent business ideas
  • Covers operations, marketing, finance, public issues, and laws relating to intellectual property
  • Includes many examples and case studies culled from real-life experiences of entrepreneurs
  • Provides project work in each chapter, which will need interaction with entrepreneurs, experts, and concerned officials
  • Readership

    Management Students and Entrepreneurs.

    List of contents

    Section I - Foundations

  • Understanding Entrepreneurship
  • Growth of a Business Idea
  • Intellectual Property
  • Family Business
  • Doing Business in India
  • Entrepreneurial Support

  • Section II – Mobilizing Resources
  • Buying a Business
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Making a Business Plan

  • Section III – Operations and Management
  • Managing Operations
  • Human Resource Management
  • Entrepreneurial Marketing
  • New Product Development
  • E-Business
  • Networking
  • Project Management

  • Section IV – Growth and Social Responsibility
  • Growth
  • Exit Strategies
  • Social Responsibility

  • Case Study 1: Darshan Enterprises
    Case Study 2: Mithailite
    Case Study 3: 180s
    Case Study 4: Big Ones
    Case Study 5: Satyam and GE
    Case Study 6: AirAsia
  • Index
  • Author Details
    Rajeev Roy is Associate Professor, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar, and teaches marketing and entrepreneurship. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and PhD (Marketing) from Utkal University, he is visiting faculty in several reputed institutions in India and abroad. In addition, he has had direct hands-on experience. His entrepreneurial ventures include running a shrimp farm, an ice-cream manufacturing unit, a BPO firm, a microfinance firm, and a consultancy firm.
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