Ruback, Richard S., <br/><br/>
HBR guide to buying a small business / 
Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff. 
 - Boston :  Harvard Bussiness Review Press,  2017. 
 - x, 302 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Harvard Business Review guides .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The opportunity : entrepreneurship through acquisition -- Is entrepreneurship through acquisition for you? -- The acquisition process -- Anticipating the cost of your search -- Paying for your search -- Identifying the characteristics you want in your business -- Managing your search effectively : an overview -- Sourcing prospects using brokers -- Sourcing directly -- Enduringly profitable small businesses -- Using  financial information to gauge enduring profitability -- Filtering for the owner's commitment to sell -- Preliminary due diligence -- How much should you pay for a small business? -- Deal terms -- The offer -- Confirmatory due diligence -- Raising debt -- Raising acquisition equity -- Negotiating the purchase agreement -- The closing day and beyond. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781633692503 (softcover) 1633692507 (softcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Small business--Purchasing.<br/>Sale of business enterprises.<br/>Small business--Valuation.<br/>Entrepreneurship.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management.<br/>BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business.<br/>Entrepreneurship.<br/>Sale of business enterprises.<br/>Small business--Purchasing.<br/>Small business--Valuation.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.64  / RUB P17H