A Comparison of entrepreneurship/small business and finance professors' reaction to selected entrepreneurial and small business financial planning and management issues

Small business failures have been attributed to management failures, particularly financial management failures. Since entrepreneurship and small business is a growing discipline, and financial management is so important to them, we wondered if entrepreneurship and small business and finance professors agreed on some common financial issues of importance to entrepreneurs and small business people. There was general agreement between the disciplines about the issues studied. However, some professors in both groups did not agree. In addition, additional research is needed to determine if and to what extent these concepts are being taught to entrepreneurship and small business students.