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The Growing Business Handbook: Inspiration and Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs and Fast Growing UK Companies


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The Growing Business Handbook is a superb reference tool for all businesses with growth potential, filled with invaluable insights and guidance from SME specialists in finance, HR, marketing, innovation, people and IT, as well as help on enterprise risk and useful legal advice. It is the reference source of choice to help you ensure and manage business growth, particularly in challenging economic conditions. Now in its 16th edition, this book looks at all the areas ripe for exploitation by your growing business and discusses ways you can manage the associated risks. It gives a comprehensive insight into the challenges involved in building a high-growth venture in 2015 and beyond.

Table of Contents:
Section - ONE: Planning for growth; Chapter - 1.1: High growth as a strategy – Stuart Ross; Chapter - 1.2: Pioneers and fast change – Kevin Uphill; Chapter - 1.3: A plan you can believe in – Matt Levington and Rod Davies; Chapter - 1.4: Putting Humpty together again: Developing resilience within growth cycles – Denis Fischbacher-Smith; Section - TWO: Ideas and innovation; Chapter - 2.1: Innovation and knowledge transfer – Michael Smith and Ann Starkey, Harper Keeley and Medipex; Chapter - 7.1: The power of the cloud – Lucy Thorpe; Chapter - 7.2: How systems fail – Marco van Beek; Chapter - 7.3: Automating business processes – Robert Gothan; Chapter - 7.4: Access to information – Paul Rollins; Section - EIGHT: Enterprise risks; Chapter - 8.1: Risky business – David Ross; Chapter - 8.2: Safe, reliable and resilient – Luise Vassie; Section - NINE: Leading fast growth; Chapter - 9.1: How to make high growth happen – Stuart Ross; Chapter - 9.2: Coaching and mentoring – Ross Nichols; Chapter - 9.3: High-performing teams – Ken Russell; Chapter - 9.4: Responsible governance – Nick Beech and Simon Robinson; Section - TEN: International expansion; Chapter - 10.1: Seizing global opportunities for growth – Adrian White; Chapter - 10.2: Developing business internationally – Kevin Smith; Chapter - 10.3: Export for growth – Clive Lewis; Section - ELEVEN: Growth models; Chapter - 11.1: Acquisitions – Tim Hardman; Chapter - 11.2: Managing the intangible for growth – Mike Barlow; Chapter - 11.3: Winning and negotiating new contracts – Benjamin Posener; Section - TWELVE: Growth capital; Chapter - 12.1: Angel finance – Bill Morrow; Chapter - 12.2: Crowdfunding – Miles Harvey; Chapter - 12.3: Structuring finance – Kevin Smith; Section - THIRTEEN: Selling the company; Chapter - 13.1: Exit strategies – Tim Hardman; Chapter - 13.2: Valuing a company – Rupert Cattell; Chapter - 13.3: Sale structure – Rupert Cattell Section - SEVEN: Information systems; Chapter - 6.5: Cash positive – Steven Renwick; Chapter - 6.4: The value of collections – Peter Wallwork; Chapter - 6.3: How to manage the costs of growth – Brian Whitford; Chapter - 6.2: How to improve a credit rating – Ade Potts; Chapter - 6.1: Creating headroom for growth – Adrian White; Section - SIX: Cashflow and working capital; Chapter - 5.4: What business schools can offer to small businesses – Suneel Kunamaneni and George Lodorfos; Chapter - 5.3: Support and schemes – Vanessa Robinson; Chapter - 5.2: Growing out, growing up – Dave Chapman; Chapter - 5.1: Growth hubs – Richard Ball; Section - FIVE: Enterprise support; Chapter - 4.3: Sourcing new talent – Stephen Isherwood; Chapter - 4.2: Regulatory compliance and employment law – Benjamin Posener; Chapter - 4.1: The right people – Richard Cummings; Section - FOUR: People and performance; Chapter - 3.4: How to stand out digitally – Simon Thompson; Chapter - 3.3: Branding made simple – Andrew Hall; Chapter - 3.2: How to move a brand forward – Ben Harris; Chapter - 3.1: Brand building – Matthew Harrison; Section - THREE: Building the brand; Chapter - 2.4: Lessons of innovation in medicine and health – Michael Smith and Ann Starkey; Chapter - 2.3: Creating innovation – Uwe Derksen and Susiane Sampaio; Chapter - 2.2: Innovative advantage – Hamid Seddighi;

About the Author :
Adam Jolly is a business writer and editor specializing in the management of growth, innovation, technology and risk. He is Consultant Editor on a number of Kogan Page titles, including: The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management, Clean Technology, Clean Profits; and The Innovation Handbook.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780749473150
  • Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 961 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0749473150
  • Publisher Date: 03 Apr 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 247 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Sub Title: Inspiration and Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs and Fast Growing UK Companies
  • Width: 178 mm


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