Preparation of a series of case studies for Industry Canada’s “Managing for Business Success” website.
The case studies demonstrate how small business is managing in such key areas such as finance and skills development and help shed light on how some successful Canadian entrepreneurs deal with common business issues ranging from innovation, export development, and growth management, to human resource management, succession planning, and creative financing.
They offer the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the context within which certain business behaviour occurs, as well as the influence that particular conditions can have on an entrepreneur’s choice of options for dealing with business challenges. The following case studies were prepared for Industry Canada on behalf of the Leadership and Management Development Council of BC: