Question
Raghav after doing his B. Pharma. Degree from a reputed government college started two chemist shops in two different localities of his home town. Encouraged with the success of these shops, he started six more shops in different cities of the State. His strategy was to cut price, focus on lower and middle-class patients and open shops near hospitals. He operated on very thin margins. But he was not able to maintain sufficient funds to meet the day to day expenses of the business. The staff of the shops did not give much attention to the customers, and there was very poor system of control. Because of this mismanagement, he started incurring huge losses, and his business failed.
Based on the above para identify and explain any four causes of business failure of Raghav.

Answer

Poor Financial Management: Operational issues keep an entrepreneur busy and as a result, financial manage­ment is likely to get neglected. Often, the entrepreneur may find the technicalities of accounting and finance intimidating and avoid looking deep into it.
Weak Marketing Efforts: Entrepreneurial firms are very reluctant to spend on marketing efforts. Investing in a marketing campaign is not going to give you assured returns and the link between the marketing expenditure and the sales is not very easy to establish
Few Trained or Experienced Manpower: New ventures are reluctant to use manpower for and to invest in training. Lack of experienced and skilled manpower can lead to a general drop in productivity and quality of output. The absence of quality manpower is particularly felt during a crisis.
Lack of Experienced Management: One of the main problems faced by new enterprises is that the management team is usually very new to this role. business that has poor management personnel in place has multiple problems. The issues begin internally and begin to show themselves externally. Raghav was also facing such poor control due to which his business failed.

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