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Enhancing the Managerial DNA of Your Small Business
No full textMost people who start businesses do so with little or no
experience and no formal education in business or management
training. If this sounds familiar, this book has been
written expressly for you and anyone who aspires to create
a business.
This book fills some critical gaps in managerial knowledge
that cause many of the problems that small business
owners face as they try to navigate the business world with
inadequate knowledge of how to manage a business. Inside,
you will learn five core topics that will make the difference
between success and failure: strategic planning, financing,
marketing, managing cash flow, and managing costs. This
book also incorporates three topics that are very important
to small businesses: break-even analysis, legal business
structures, and intellectual property protection
Do women fare better in female-owned businesses?
No full textNumerous studies have chronicled the problems women experience in seeking to be hired and subsequently break through the glass ceiling in corporate America. These studies have been approached from the traditional perspective of male-dominated organizations. However, using a human resource management (HRM) framework, this article explores the possibility of further extending to female-owned businesses Kanter\u27s homosocial reproduction thesis that increased numbers of women in positions of management would increase hiring and advancement of women in corporate America. Results show that, at each step in the HRM process, female business owners in this study fulfill expectations by hiring, promoting and retaining significantly more women than male business owner counterparts. In addition, there were significant differences between minority and non-minority female business owners in the proportion of co-racial managers. Moreover, Whites and Blacks showed a significant preference for co-racial managers, while Hispanics and Asians did not
