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Paul Burns

New Venture Creation


A Framework for Entrepreneurial Start-ups
2. Aufl. 2018. xliv, 484 S. 260 mm
Verlag/Jahr: SPRINGER, BERLIN; MACMILLAN EDUCATION 2018
ISBN: 1-352-00050-4 (1352000504)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-352-00050-4 (9781352000504)

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If you are looking for an engaging textbook, rich in learning features, which will help you to guide your students through the process of developing and launching a start-up, this is it. With his innovative New Venture Creation Framework, Paul Burns breaks the venture creation process up into three key phases: Research, Business Model Development, and Launch. At every stage crucial steps and considerations are revealed, providing comprehensive coverage of the subject. Practical advice is combined with academic research, enabling you to run a course which is both relevant and rigorous.

The second edition of this popular textbook is essential reading for any undergraduate or postgraduate course in new venture creation. It will also prove useful for shorter courses on entrepreneurship and in enterprise centres and entrepreneurship hubs.
I. RESEARCH PHASE.- Entrepreneurship.- 1. What you bring to entrepreneurship.- Business idea.- 2. Finding your business idea.- Industry and markets.- 3. Understanding your industry and markets.- II. BUSINESS MODEL DEVELOPMENT PHASE.- Market segments and value propositions.- 4. Structuring your business model.- 5. Crafting your value proposition and branding.- Marketing plan.- 6. Developing your marketing mix.- 7. Communicating your value proposition.- 8. Scalability and growth.- Operations plan.- 9. Legal foundations.- 10. Managing operations and risk.- Resources.- 11. Managing and leading people.- 12. Financial resources.- Financial plan.- 13. Preparing and using financial forecasts.- III. LAUNCH AND VALIDATION PHASE.- Business model and business plan.- 14. Preparing, using and validating the business plan

PAUL BURNS is Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Bedfordshire Business School, UK, where he previously held the posts of Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Business School. Over his 40-year career, he has been an academic, an accountant and an entrepreneur, giving him unrivalled academic and practical insight into the entrepreneurial process.

Paul Burns started his academic career at Warwick University Business School, UK, where he set up their first Small Business Unit. He has since held posts as Professor of Small Business Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK, Director of the 3i European Enterprise Research Centre, researching small firms and entrepreneurs across Europe, Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School, USA, and Visiting Professor at the Open University Business School, UK, where he developed the multi-media Small Business Programme screened on BBC2. He is Fellow and a former President of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and a chartered accountant, having worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. with many growing businesses. For four years, he ran his own firm, Design for Learning Ltd.