Investigating Entrepreneurial Opportunities - A Practical Guide for Due Diligence

In this book, the authors, who have both bought and sold several businesses, reveal creative and low cost ways to do your own diligence in investigating entrepreneurial opportunities. The book covers all the basics, including market, products, insurance, facilities, assets, short and long-term liabilities and much more.

List of contents

Introduction
An Overview to Investigation
Defining the Enterprise
Defining the Product
Investigating the Market for the Product
Investigating Product Costs of Manufactured Goods
Investigating Purchased Items
Facility Concerns
Insurance for the Business
Valuation of Short-Term Assets
Valuation of Long-Term Assets
Intangible Assets
Short-Term Liabilities
Long-Term Liabilities
Contingent Liabilities and Pending Litigation
Owner Discretionary Spending
Placing a Value on the Business

Summary

In this book, the authors, who have both bought and sold several businesses, reveal creative and low cost ways to do your own diligence in investigating entrepreneurial opportunities. The book covers all the basics, including market, products, insurance, facilities, assets, short and long-term liabilities and much more.

Product details

• Authors: James J. Carroll, II Richard P. Green, Richard P. Green
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2000
• EAN: 9780803959415
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5941-5
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 443 g
• Series: Entrepreneurship and the Manag; Entrepreneurship & the Management of Growing Enterprises S.; Entrepreneurship & the Management of Growing Enterprises; Entrepreneurship & the Management of Growing Enterprises; Entrepreneurship and the Manag; Entrepreneurship & the Managem
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Unternehmensführung, Unternehmensgründung, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business, Business / Economics / Finance