What is a business plan? has it to do with Porter Strategy subject or with Financial Reports?

What is a business plan? has it to do with Porter Strategy subject or with Financial Reports?

I heard about dew dilignce connected with setting or analysing business plans. Do financil Analyst work with it?

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1. Business plans simply describe the business, by defining the strategy (Porter's 5 five forces would help address this, but would only be part of the strategy) and financial situation (existing past data or based on predicted future income).
   
   Analyst use many resourses, including BPs, to evaluate businesses to determine things like furture stock prices or whether to invest.
2. Business plans contain the business strategies and financial analysis of the business.
   
   Here are some resources that can help you understand a business plan:
   
   - SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/pla...
   - PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/busi...
   - Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,72...
   
   You may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:
   
   - Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.c...
   - MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners
   http://www.businessplans.org/businesspla...
   - VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&t...
   - Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_...
   - PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/
   - Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html...
   -SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/pla...
   - Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/b...
   - Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/contentserve...
   - Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/b...