Praise for The 12 factors of Business Success "Kevin Hogan is a thinker-and a doer. He has a devoted following that lives by his wisdom. His latest book on achievement is not optional. If you are looking to climb the success ladder, Kevin Hogan's book will be there for you at every rung of the journey-to teach you, to support you, and to encourage you to achieve your dreams." —Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling "One of the most intelligent and genuinely thoughtful books written on the subject of success." —Mark Joyner, futurist, and #1 bestselling author of Simpleology "The authors' valuable insights on business success and leadership will help people in any walk of life take their performance to the next level. The 12 Factors of Business Success is an impressive, straightforward, no-nonsense road map to bring out the best in each one of us." —Steven McWhorter, CEO, Securities America, Inc.

The book describes the insolvencies of small businesses in the African nation's economic development and why owners cannot measure up to world standards. The book illustrates the step-by-step approach that small business entrepreneurs must follow to perform as successful business owners. The book demonstrates what entrepreneurs need to be aware of prior to embarking on business ventures. The book outlines the necessities for business owners to become viable leaders in business ventures. This book explains the modalities that cause business insolvencies and how business owners can avoid repeating mistakes others made in the past. Nonetheless, this book is largely intended for those who want to start or are already running their own businesses and have a desire to understand the elements of running a successful business. This book shows countries in the world, including African countries, their positions in small business entrepreneurship. This book highlighted the twelve determining traits that made small business owners into successful entrepreneurs. Furthermore, this book provides the reasons for the acceptability of locally made products or services by customers and explains why customers don’t buy from small businesses. Overall, if owners follow the advice in this book, they will be able to make their dreams come true.

Make Your Small Business a Winner will equip you with all the skills and know-how you need to take your business to a higher level. Key tactics for successful businesses are universal. This book identifies those tactics and will help you to learn and apply them - however young or mature your business. Split into 3 sections, it tackles: Diagnosis - highlighting common mistakes and giving your business a health check; Solutions - detailing remedies for problems and strategies for future success; and Moving On - looking at a future vision, setting goals and assessing progress. Real case studies, interviews and a popular ""checklist"" approach underpin the unique insight of business consultant Anna Hipkiss - making this THE guide to fulfill your business future aims. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of how to make your small business succeed. FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

One of the main economic players responsible for Singapore’s economic success is its small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs. Their overall success has helped propel the country and its people forward. From economic policies to politics, Singapore is a planned and regulated economy. Singapore’s economic success story is actually the result of a form of capitalism carefully calibrated and controlled by the government. An important element or aspect of good critical success factors (CSFs) emerges from the role being played by the government. The existence of good government or public policies that are pro-business is vital for the success of firms. Despite the fact that government policies and CSFs are widely studied in areas around the world including in Singapore, there is no comprehensive prediction model available to test if firms have potential to be successful or are more prone to failures. Much research investigates the non-financial factors contributing to success versus failure of small firms, but empirical tests of the predictability of these factors are less common. This book, which is primarily quantitative/ positivist in nature will attempt to fill this gap.

"This book presents useful strategies, techniques, and tools for the successful design, development, and implementation of enterprise information systems"--Provided by publisher.

This book contributes towards the integration of the R&D function with regard to societies, nations, industries and organizations, as well as to leaders within organizations. It covers the management aspects and approaches to R&D management and provides information on the major contexts of R&D such as in production, HR, marketing and finance – functions that are essential to attracting, developing and retaining scientific manpower. The book further elaborates on organizations’ human strategic prospectives. It also suggests various types of practices to help organizations achieve their objectives and analyzes how R&D can contribute to technology, innovation and science to improve organizations’ productivity. In closing, it discusses some of the challenges faced by developing countries and presents R&D management from a global perspective.

In the same way that a well-defined approach is needed to develop an effective strategic plan, an equally well-designed approach is needed to support the alignment of your organization's structure, management concepts, systems, processes, networks, knowledge nets, training, hiring, and reward systems. Examining top-down, bottom-up, and core plannin

Embarking on electronic business is a challenging task. There is also a lack of clear understanding and comprehensive analysis of various issues and domains of electronic business. This book offers a very comprehensive analysis of concepts, models and infrastructures of e-business. It also presents unique observations of current e-business practices for different organizations in different economies and provides insights on the future of current leading businesses on the net and the trends of e-business. The volume will be an effective and indispensible reference book for professionals who are interested in or dealing with e-business and businesses that are embarking on e-business.