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A business
enterprise is an economic institution engaged in the production and/or
distribution of goods and services in order to earn profits and acquire
wealth. The range of the businesses is very broad. It includes a great number
of activities which can be classified into two major categories i.e. Industry
and Commerce. Industry means manufacturing of goods and trading means
distribution of goods. Every entrepreneur aims at starting a business and
building it into a successful enterprise. 'Entrepreneur' is the head of
enterprise that undertakes and pursues opportunities to fulfill needs and
wants of people through innovation. He/she innovates and combines resources in
the form of men, materials and money and brings them together to make the
business venture profitable. He/she is prepared to take risk and face
challenges. Thus, the innovation and the risks are the two basic elements of a
good spirit of company. The whole process to begin businesses starts by
writing an action plan. A good plan of action is the key to install successful
businesses. Once a plan is prepared, the contractor belongs to various
challenges while applying the plan.
Every new
business should have a plan before it get started. The purpose of the plan is
to make it possible to the senior officers of the company to think of their
business in a complete way, to communicate their objectives with the
individuals who can have a stake in the company’s future to have a base to
make decisions, and to facilitate the process of planning. Preparing the plan
of business is the responsibility of owner although he needs advice of
consultants, accountants, and lawyers.
Growth of
business is the main aim of any business and it could be achieved only by
implementation of plans into action. Growth of any business can be measured
through:
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Increase in Sales
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Increase in Profits and
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Increase in Assets
The financial aid required by
businesses for its expansion can be met by raising funds by various
instruments of stock market such as shares, bonds, investment funds mutualisms
and initial public offerings. It can also join together the capital by plowing
its benefit behind and by the public deposits. The key in all the plans of
expansion of the businesses implies to evaluate the company its quality and
weaknesses in the light of the various risks of businesses which it can have
to face. These risks are inevitable in businesses and cannot be eliminated
completely but an entrepreneur can order them by precautionary measures and
corrective adapted risk management. Moreover, an entrepreneur, in order to
successfully increase and raise his business on a supported basis, must take
into account the fundamental conditions of standardization of the country.
This helps him to know about his rights, responsibilities and the challenges
that he may come across in running his business.
Consequently, an entrepreneur
must make a pensive analysis of all the possible options available to him to
increase his business by taking into account the inherent risks, the financial
conditions and the framework of standardization surrounding.
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