Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Start-up, Growth and Maturity, 5th Edition, is a textbook by Paul Burns that examines the development of small ventures from inception to established operation. It traces the enterprise life-cycle across four main areas: entrepreneurship, start-up, progressive growth, and maturity.

The volume connects conceptual models with real-world practice, introducing core concepts alongside entrepreneurial character traits, lean methodologies, and business model frameworks.

Intended for undergraduate, postgraduate, and MBA students in Entrepreneurship or Small Business Management courses, as well as prospective founders, the text incorporates more than 100 Case Insights drawn from diverse international settings and industries.