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What everyone should know about business : a primer / Patrice Flynn.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Flynn, Patrice, author.
Series:
Press business career development collection.
Press business career development collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Industrial management.
Entrepreneurship.
Management.
International business enterprises--Management.
International business enterprises.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (176 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Business Expert Press, 2025.
Summary:
This practical and informative primer is a new kind of teaching tool that is easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to apply. Dr. Flynn presents the functional areas of business from entrepreneurship to small business development, legal structure, growth strategy, going global, finance, digitization, marketing, and management. Theory is matched with game-changing realities in today's business environment such as far-reaching networked digital supply chains, personalized geolocation marketing, 5 nm micro-processing chip architecture and hyperscale data centers triggering the generative AI boom, and sophisticated hybrid legal structures and financial management systems.
Contents:
Front cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
ALSO BY PATRICE FLYNN
Testimonials
Contents
Preface
Career Guide
Primer Structure
CHAPTER 1 The Functional Areas of Business
What Is a Business?
Examples of the Functional Areas of Business
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
Finance
Digitization
Marketing and Public Relations
Going Global
Management
Wrap Up
CHAPTER 2 Business and the Economy
Competitiveness Continuum
Competitive Industries
Monopolistic Industries
Oligopolistic Industries
Business Cycle
CHAPTER 3 Business Legal Structure
Type 1: Sole Proprietorships
Statistics on Sole Proprietorships
Why Start Your Business as a Sole Proprietorship?
Downsides of Sole Proprietorships
Type 2: Partnerships
Articles of Partnership
Statistics on Partnerships
Why Start Your Business as a Partnership?
Downsides of General Partnerships
Type 3: Corporations
Statistics on Corporations
Why Start Your Business as a Corporation?
Downsides of Corporations
Trends in Business Types
Limited Partnership
S Corporation
Limited Liability Company
Private Equity Partnerships
CHAPTER 4 Growth Strategies
Option 1: Domestic Growth From Within
Option 2: Domestic Licensing
Option 3: Domestic Mergers and Acquisitions
Types of M&amp
As
Parallel Entrepreneurs
Option 4: Breaking Up a Business
CHAPTER 5 Going Global
Global Capitalism
Terminology
How You Can Go Global With Your Business
Option #1: Global Licensing
Option #2: Foreign Direct Investment
Option #3: Global Mergers and Acquisitions
Verizon Wireless
Option #4: Global Manufacturing
Option #5: Big Box Store
Option #6: Overseas Operations.
Option #7: Global Franchising
CHAPTER 6 Entrepreneurship
Generating Ideas
Imitation
Invention-Innovation Partnerships
Survival Rates
U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Profile
CHAPTER 7 Financial Management
Careers in Finance
Financial Management Process
Step #1: Establish Clear Financial Goals With Your Client
Step #2: Prepare a Draft Budget
Step #3: Conduct a Budget Analysis
Step #4: Consider Possible Financing Mechanisms
CHAPTER 8 Equity Finance
Type 1: Owner's Equity
Type 2: Shareholder's Equity
Closed Versus Open
Common Versus Preferred
Type 3: Retained Earnings
Type 4: Venture Capital
Type 5: Assets
Notable Trends
CHAPTER 9 Debt Finance
Short-Term Debt Financing
Type 1: Secured Debt
Type 2: Unsecured Debt
Long-Term Debt Financing
Long-Term Bank Loans
Corporate Bonds
CHAPTER 10 Digitization
The Cloud
Enter the Marketers
Operations of Digital Platforms
Computer Chips
Hyperscale Data Centers
CHAPTER 11 Marketing
Element #1: Product
Element #2: Place
Geographical Place
Psychological Place
Physical Place
Digital Place
Element #3: Price
Element #4: Promotion and Public Relations
The Ad Men and Ad Women
CHAPTER 12 Management
What Is Management?
Managerial Functions
Planning
Organizing
Monitoring
Leading/Following
The Roles of Managers
Informational Role
Interpersonal Role
Decisional Role
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
Back cover.
Notes:
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Other Format:
Print version: Flynn, Patrice What Everyone Should Know about Business
ISBN:
9781637427736
1637427735
OCLC:
1505734596

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