Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Solomons, Ricky
URN	etd-07162011-144149
Document Title	The planning school versus the learning school in new venture creation : in South Africa
Degree	MBA
Department	Gordon Institute of Business Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Mr G Fisher Committee Chair
Keywords	new venture creation
Date	2011-04-12
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Over the past few years an intense debate has emerged with regard to the value of business planning for an entrepreneur, when launching a new business. The debate concerns the crucial question that all entrepreneurs and company founders face when embarking on the process of launching a new venture. The predicament that so many entrepreneurs and company founders face is whether to plan before embarking on the priceless quest for venture success or not to plan and rather to embark on the new venture in the hope it will succeed. The purpose of this study is to examine both schools of thought and then to explore if in actual fact business planning has an effect on the growth rate of an entrepreneurial venture. © 2010 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Solomons, R 2010, The planning school versus the learning school in new venture creation : in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07162011-144149/ > F11/528/ag
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