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Business Plan
THE BUSINESS PLAN
A business plan is a detailed plan setting out the objectives of a business over a stated period. A thorough, well researched and accurate plan may:
1. reduce the risk of failure for a new business;
2. help a business obtain capital or a loan;
3. control the costs of operating a business;
4.aid a business with plans for expansion.
On this webpage, we outline a Database, Books, Articles, and Websites that might be of use to you as you develop your business plan.
DATABASE
To find more material try searching ProQuest ABI Inform Global. Use su(business plan) as your query. In the Western Libraries Catalogue compose a Word search utilising 'business plan', 'corporate planning' or 'proposal writing in business" as your search strategy.
BOOKS
Search the library catalogue for the SUBJECTs:
Business Planning
New business enterprises -- Planning
Proposal Writing in Business
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Berry,Tim. CPA's Guide to Developing Effective Business Plans. HD30.28.B467 1999
Blackwell, Edward. How to Prepare a Business Plan. Available Online.
CCH Canadian. "Planning" in Canadian Business Management Manual HD2346.C35C35.
Chambers, Dennis. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Writing Business Plans and Proposals. HD62.5.C44 2008
Coulthard, Max. Business Planning: The Key to Success. HD30.28.C695 1996
DeThomas, Art. Writing a convincing business plan. HD30.28.D477 2008
Finch, Brian. How to write a business plan HD30.28.F562 2010 & Available Online.
Gibbons, Barry J. If You Want to Make God Really Laugh, Show Him Your Business Plan : the 101 Universal Laws of Business HF5386.G36 1999
Gray, Douglas A. and Gray, Diana Lynn. "Business Planning" in The Complete Canadian Small Business Guide. HD62.7.G73 1994.
Gumpert, David E. Inc. Magazine Presents How to Really Create a Successful Business Plan HG4027.6.G86
Hiebing, Roman G. How To Write a Successful Marketing Plan: A Disciplined and Comprehensive Approach HF5415.13.H52 1997
Karlsom, Carolyn. Writing and Presenting a Business Plan. HD62.5.K362 2009
King, Jan B. Business plans to game plans : a practical system for turning strategies into action. HD30.28.K559 2000
McKeever, Mike. How to write a business plan HD30.28.M3839 2010
Mullins, John W. The new business road test (Available Online)
Pinson, Linda. Anatomy of a Business Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide to Start Smart, Building the Business and Securing Your Company's Future. HD30.28.P48 2005
Scarborough, Norman M. Effective small business management : an entrepreneurial approach. HD62.7.S27 2003
Sharma, Poonam. The Harvard Entrepreneurs Club Guide to StartingYour Own Business HD62.5.H3739 1999
Shepherd, Dean A. Attracting Equity Investors :Positioning, Preparing, and Presenting the Business Plan
HD30.28.S4286 1999
Small Busines Ontario, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. How to Prepare a Business Plan for a Small Business: Planning For Success.
Vega, Gina. "Your Business Plans - Use 'Em to Raise $$; Use 'Em to Grow Your Business" in A passion for planning : financials, operations, marketing, management, and ethics. HD30.28.V43 2001
ARTICLES
Amatucci, Frances, and Richard Grimm. Reinventing' the business plan process for sustainable start-ups. Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability May 2011, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, p. 154-159
Baechler, Mary. "Do Business Plans Matter?" Inc., v.18, No.2, Feb. 1996, p.21.
Birritteri, Anthony. "The Business Plan in the 21st Century", New Jersey Business. May 01, 2003. Vol. 49, Iss. 5; pg. 68
Bowen, John J. "New Wave Biz Plans: Business planning is as important as ever, but new, streamlined models are less academic and more focused on real- world experience", Financial Planning, Jul 1, 2003, p.1.
Brown, Carolyn M. "The Do's and Don't of Writing a Winning Business Plan", Black Enterprise, v.26, No. 9, Apr. 1996
"Business Plans: Every agency needs one". Agency Sales Magazine, v.27 No.1, Jan. 1997, p. 20-23
Dick, Roger. "A business plan for IT success", Informationweek, Aug. 21, 2000, p.RB14.
Drury, Tracey. "For entrepreneurs, it's all about good planning", Business First. Jun 27, 2003. Vol. 19, Iss. 40, pg. 6
Garrett, Alexander. "How to sell a business plan", Management Today, July 1999, p.92.
Green, Dianne Wilner. "Using economic data in your strategic plan", Management Accounting, v.78, No.7, Jan. 1997, p.28-32
Jones, Rebecca. "Business plans: Roadmaps for growth & success", Information Outlook, V.4, No.12, Dec.2000, p. 22-29.
Laddie, and Judy Blaskowski. Make your business plan simple, yet powerful. The Colorado Springs Business Journal, Sep 2011
Merideth, Brian H. "Psst, got a business plan?" NZ Business, v.15, No.4, May 2001, p.48
Morrisette, Shelley, and Louise Hatfield. Second-draft of a business plan: What should it contain? Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 2010, p. 121-126
Nunn, Les, and Brian McGuire. The importance of A good business plan. Journal of Business & Economics Research v.8, No.2, Feb. 2010, p. 95-105
Perry, Stephen C. "The relationship between written business plans and the failure of small businesses in the U.S. ", Journal of Small Business Management, v.39, No.3. Jul 2001, p.201-208.
"So, this is a business plan?" , Training and Development, v.51, No.2, Feb. 1997, p.27
WEB SITES
There are plenty of sites with information pertaining to business plans on the web. Some are selling plans, but many others provide templates and free samples. See the list below for some good examples.
Business Plans Center
http://www.businessplans.org/
Produced by Business Resource Software Inc., this site provides access to a wide range of resources on planning and expanding a business. The Business Plan Samples section features award-winning plans including sample business plans entered in the Moot Corp Competition at the University of Texas at Austin.
The Directory of Consultants is one of the most useful features for the business community. Users can limit searches by four different criteria to generate an appropriate list of consultants: a specific state or province in the US or Canada or a "Non US or Canada" category; services provided, with 12 menu selections (e.g., human resource management, financial and accounting, sales and marketing); industry, with 17 selections (e.g., finance, health care, manufacturing retail trade); and area served, with 10 selections including the US, Mexico, South America, or Asia/Pacific.
Financial Planning - Business Development Bank of Canada
http://www.bdc.ca/en/my_project/Projects/consulting/cs_financial_planning.htm
Business Planning Made Easy - Bplan.com
Download any of these sample business and marketing plans for free. All the plans were created using either Business Plan Pro or Marketing Plus.
http://www.bplans.com/sample_business_plans.cfm
Start-Up Kits - Entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/toolkit
Business Planning - Canada Business Services Center - Government of Canada
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/86/
Business Gateway.ca - Services for Canadian Business - Government of Canada
Provides information about Exporting and Importing
http://www.canadabusiness.ca/eng/105/
Business Plans - RBC Royal Bank
http://www.royalbank.com/sme/bigidea/index.html
ScotiaOne Business Plan Writer - ScotiaBank
An online interactive tool for developing and completing a business plan.
http://www.scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID400_LIDen,00.html
TD Business Planner - TD Canada Trust
http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/smallbusiness/busplan.jsp
Business Plan Basics - United States Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/writing-business-plan
Carnegie Library of Pittsburg Business Plans and Profiles Index
The Business Plans and Profiles Index is the most comprehensive list of business plan related sites freely available on the web. Other shorter lists may include several resources not included here, but this site indexes the largest number of well known and complete free web sites. This reviewer knows of no other free or fee-based resource that is as complete and user-friendly. Anyone, especially students and practitioners, interested in starting a small business or creating business plans would benefit from this product. Any public or academic library serving business practitioners or management programmes should be aware of this easy to use, free resource.
