In recent years, numerous books have been written on entrepreneurship, to meet the post-secondary educational institution students learning need. However, most of them are written as a new venture creation text or as a management book for owner-managed small businesses.

Recognizing that enterprises do not always stay small forever, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Asia takes the reader through an enterprise`s various stages : from incubation/start-up to development to growth and expansion to finally becoming an adult enterprise. It discusses cash flow, the building of valuable assets, financial management, market development, and stock market listings. It is thus, to guide venture managers to develop the venture`s growth potentials.

Originally writen for a Canadian audience as Entrepreneurship and enterprise Devellopment, this book includes development happenings from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and others in the region. Every effort has been put into adapting it to meet the Asian entrepreneurship and enterprise development educational need.