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Strategic Planning for New & Emerging Businesses: A Consulting Approach [Hardcover]

Fred L. Fry (Author), Charles Stoner (Author), Laurence Weinzimmer (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Ideal for sharpening consulting skills for small and medium sized businesses!

This new edition harnesses the strategic planning process. Now entrepreneurs, and consultants who advise them, can benefit from a straightforward text that shows and tells everything you need to know to develop a winning strategic plan.

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About the Author

Fred L. Fry has taught at Bradley and Western Illinois University. He is the author of several books, including Strategic Planning in New and Emerging Businesses, Business: An Integrative Framework, and Entrepreneurship: A Planning Approach. He has also written over articles, papers, and cases, primarily in the areas of small business and entrepreneurship.

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Kaplan Business; 2 edition (March 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1574101145
ISBN-13: 978-1574101140
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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This book is great! It provided everything I needed for putting together a full blown strategic plan. Consulting perspectives were really on the mark. I highly recommend the book.

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First Sentence:
This chapter sets the stage for strategic planning in new and emerging businesses. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relevant business opportunities, emerging small businesses, horizon goals, emerging businesses, target action plan, market development strategy, distinctive competencies, competitive weaknesses, emerging firm, unit strategies, distinctive competence, emerging companies, internal analysis, consulting process, unit goals, unrelated diversification, average collection period, inventory turnover ratio

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New Balance, Waverly Custom, Columbia Sportswear, New York, The Nature of Strategic Planning, Crystal Rug Cleaners, The Wall Street Journal, United States, Courtland Clubs, Organic Online, Small Business Administration, Bill Stern, Jon Nelson, Operation Quick Strike, Strategic Management

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