1st Edition

Developing Financial Leadership in Small-Medium Businesses

216 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

216 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

216 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

Many small-medium enterprises (SMEs) are very small organisations comprising mainly single-person and micro-businesses but, in the United Kingdom, there are around 250,000 small-medium businesses (SMBs) which are substantial businesses with turnovers of millions or tens of millions of pounds. A key requirement for thriving SMBs is effective leadership throughout the organisation. One crucial... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The nature and importance of SMBs

3. The nature and importance of financial leadership in SMBs

4. Business decision making in SMBs: The importance of financial inputs

5. Financial leadership and business strategy in SMBs

6. Financing SMB developments

7. SMB performance management – the financial perspective

8. Financial management control in SMBs

9. Financial risk management in SMBs

10. Leadership on contemporary financial topics

11. Developing a financially aware organisation

12. The finance function and finance director (FD) in SMBs