Growing a Business: Strategies for leaders and entrepreneurs

Growing a Business: Strategies for leaders and entrepreneurs

by RupertMerson (Author)

Synopsis

Business growth is a clear goal for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders. It's often a short hand for business - and wider economic - success. But it's not without its pitfalls and challenges, and planning for, and managing, a growing business needs careful thought. Take, for example, the start-up facing for the first time the need to balance flexibility with more structure. Or a larger business tackling a range of divisions evolving at different speeds. Or an inspirational owner-founder confronting the need to step back and let others take the business forward. These are the kinds of challenges that Growing a Business tackles head-on. Drawing on a wide range of models and research, and using case studies from across the business world, it offers practical advice and guidance on a whole range of topics, including: - the different types and stages of growth; - predicting the problems presented by growth; - identifying growth triggers - and barriers; - the implications of growth: financially, culturally and for the people involved in the business. Growing a Business is required reading for owners and managers looking to understand and foster growth in their businesses. An Economist Book, published in association with the Economist.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: 2
Publisher: Economist Books
Published: 25 Feb 2016

ISBN 10: 1781252424
ISBN 13: 9781781252420
Book Overview: Everything you need to know about the challenges and opportunities of growing a business

Media Reviews
Practical and highly accessible. -- Frank Dillon * Irish Times *
Author Bio
Rupert Merson is the Adjunct Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School, where he teaches a range of courses around entrepreneurship and business development. In 2015 he won prizes as best teacher both at LBS and at INSEAD. Formerly a partner at BDO, he now runs his own consultancy advising firms on how to manage growth. He is also the author of Rules Are Not Enough.