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The following publications on Business Development are on sale by Mega Book Store, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Chambers of Commerce.

 

 

List of Publications for Business Development

  

Start and Improve your Business (this volume will be published in June 2004)

Identification of viable business ideas, market and supply analysis, steps of business implementation, write a business plan, organise business management, follow up and improve your business, evaluate sales, improve and diversify products, expand business premises and equipment, how to start your business in the construction sector.

 

Marketing Strategies for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Marketing problems faced by Ethiopian businesses, marketing strategies for businesses in Ethiopia, managing prices, product development and promotion.

 

Trade Fair Participation and Export Guide

Guidelines for trade fair organizers and participants, export procedures, export business registration and licensing, Ethiopia's external trade statistics, quality export products information.

 

Business Planning

Business planning for micro, small and medium enterprises: personal data, equipment owned and to be purchased, work premises at the disposal of the operator, yearly production/service plan, yearly raw material requirement, yearly sales plan, yearly operating expenses, yearly profit and loss statement.

 

Accounting and Cost Calculation Manual

Manual cash book format, electronic cash book format on Excel basis, records on maintenance services, receipt formats, sales on credit format, raw material inventory, profit and loss statement, explanation to the profit and loss statement, cash flow statement, accounting software available in Ethiopia, software providers, training courses in accounting and bookkeeping, cost calculation, identify cost components, calculate variable and fixed costs, calculate total cost per unit, how cost calculating improves your business.

 

Loan Conditions of Commercial Banks and Micro-Finance Institutions

Loan conditions in Ethiopia: loan types, loan term, lending rate, maximum loan term, purpose of loan, re-payment schedule, type of collateral, loan criteria, eligibility.

 

Improve your Business Association

Needs assessment of your members, situation analysis overview, action planning, implementation of services, contacting partners, fundraising, association regulations and bylaws, membership fees and accounting, cash book format for associations, how to present your association

 

Standards and Quality in Ethiopia

What is a standard? why standards? how are Ethiopian standards developed? international relations, inspection and certification: conformity assessment, testing, product certification, what is metrology?

 

Investment Guide

Business environment, investment opportunities, investment conditions, costs and skills, labour regulations, infrastructure, taxation and incentives, business organizations, organizing a private business investment, ownership, investment protection.