This text covers every aspect of buying and selling a business. It describes an easy five-step method to valuing any business, lays out the buyer's and seller's responsibilities, advises on the best time to sell a business, and gives the pros and cons of using business brokers. The text describes the all-important 3-step negotiation process, and essential franchise considerations.

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Now in its sixth edition, Business Policy and Strategy: An Action Guide, Sixth Edition provides students with an analysis of how basic functions - such as marketing, finance, production, operations, R & D, and human resources are coordinated to develop business policy. The authors demonstrate the how-tos of formulating, implementing, and evaluating corporate strategy. Students will understand strategic management - its decision-making processes, interface with environmental change, formulation of strategic alternatives, executive decision making, and built-in synergy. The importance of business policy and strategy has surged to the forefront of the business world. Internationalization of business, deregulation, mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and international joint ventures - coupled with a new emphasis on shareholder value - contribute to a feeling of uncertainty in the global marketplace. On top of this, the constantly changing e-commerce environment makes strategic planning even more essential. Students need to know how to function in this business environment. The authors provide a concise review of basic and alternative policies in strategy formulation. They use a case study of business situations that give students a powerful tool and efficient tool for mastering strategy development. The book blends practicality and realism - based on the authors' years of experience in corporate industry and management development - with advances in theory. The definitive supplementary text, Business Policy and Strategy: An Action Guide, Sixth Edition captures the business curriculum in one action packed volume.

This second edition continues to provide an invaluable introduction to retail management concepts for those progressing into management levels of retailing. The book is a practical text for use in conjunction with the relevant curricula and competency-based training resources.