Richard Roberts

Finance for Small and Entrepreneurial Business (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The financial environment of small and entrepreneurial firms is changing rapidly and is a topic where significant disagreement remains amongst researchers and policy advisers. This concise textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the current and projected trends in this market for the benefit of students of entrepreneurship at an advanced level.

Written by an expert on SME finance, it provides a straightforward review of the external funding choices faced by small business owners, drawing on a range of new data sources which have emerged in recent years, along with a range of case studies. In addition, it includes an analysis of longer term trends and the role of the changing phases of the business cycle to equip readers to better understand the wider market environment both now and in the future.

Roberts provides students of entrepreneurship with everything they need to know to excel in understanding the financial environment and its effect on small business.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317961314
• Artikelnr.: 42815963

Autorenporträt

Richard Roberts is Hon. Professor at Birmingham University Business School, UK. Prior to this, he researched small businesses issues at Barclays for 30 years. During this period, Professor Roberts was a member of the BIS/HMT Small Firms Advisory Panel and the BBA Business Finance Taskforce. As well as his current Professorship, Richard is consultant to a number of public and private bodies, including the Treasury Select Committee, and holds an MBE for services to UK Small and Medium-Sized Businesses.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I: Context 1. Defining Small and Entrepreneurial Business
Finance 2. Why is Lending to - or Investing in - a Small Firm Difficult? 3.
External Finance Products used by Small and Entrepreneurial Firms Part II:
Product Review 4. Structured Debt: Term loans and commercial mortgages 5.
Cash-Flow Products: Overdraft and business credit cards 6. Factoring and
Invoice Discounting 7. Leasing 8. Equity Part III: A Longer Term View 9.
The use of External Finance over time: Escalators and roller-coasters 10.
Current and Future Trends in Finance for Small and Entrepreneurial
Businesses Appendix I: Case Studies in External Finance Appendix II:
International Data