Learning Outcome 4


LO4 Assess the various ways a small business owner can exit the business and the implications of each option
Exit: success and failure:
The main ways an owner-manager might exit the business.
The key reasons for business failure (external and internal) and how business failure might be prevented.
Mechanisms for exit in the event of failure.
Exit routes for successful businesses: selling or floating the business, valuing the company.
Growth and succession in the family business:
How the considerations of growth affect the family business.
Areas of potential conflict.
Succession planning.
Cultural issues.