Strategic Planning in the Small Business

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Unit 6


TP 6-8

STAGES
OF FIRM
LIFE CYCLE

STAGE 1 EMBRYONIC/SEED


STAGE


STAGE 2 START-UP


STAGE
3 EARLY GROWTH

STAGE
4 RAPID
GROWTH

STAGE
5 MATURITY

STAGE 6 INSTABILITY


Ford,
Roger H. Boards of DirecwriT
and the Pnvately Owned Finn -
A Guidefor Owners, Officers, and
Directors. Fig. 3.1 p. 38.

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  1. Reproduced with permission
    of Greenwood Publishing Group,
    Inc., Westport, CT.


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