Designing businesses : how to develop and lead a high technology company
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Designing businesses : how to develop and lead a high technology company
（IEE management of technology series, 18）
Institution of Electrical Engineers, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Engineers and other technical professionals are increasingly presented with the opportunity of running their own businesses as entrepreneurs. In other circumstances, particularly in times of great change in industry, they may be considered 'corporate entrepreneurs', leading divisions of larger organisations in an entrepreneurial fashion.
This book aims to support the engineer finding him/herself in this position. It looks at the many issues confronting the technical professional faced with the task of leading a company, or a semi-autonomous unit within a company, with clarity and direction in a changing environment. It focuses particularly on:
designing the business to meet the requirements of the marketplace
financial design of the business and raising venture capital
alliances and acquisitions, management buyouts and buyins
The material will be useful to three groups of engineers: those who are setting up their own businesses or running companies in changing markets, those who are presented with a management-buyout opportunity, and those who wish simply to broaden their awareness of commercial issues.
Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Engineers and business
Chapter 2: Objectives of the entrepreneur or management team
Section II: Business strategy
Chapter 3: Strategic business design
Chapter 4: Internal business design issues
Section III: Finance
Chapter 5: Financial concepts for the technical professional
Chapter 6: Building the equity base of the business
Section IV: Developing the business
Chapter 7: Alliances
Chapter 8: Acquisitions
Section V: Management buy-ins and buyouts
Chapter 9: Management buy-ins and buyouts
Section VI: Conclusions
Chapter 10: Commercial judgment, leadership and other people matters
Chapter 11: In review
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