Small Business &amp; Entrepreneurshipis written for students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses which aim to provide a comprehensive and thought-provoking view of small business and entrepreneurship. <ul>
<li>A thorough and international survey of the theory and practice-based evidence of entrepreneurship and small business </li> <li>Critical examination of key concepts, fundamental to understanding the workings of small business: uncertainty, market power, and lifestyle </li> <li>Engagement with a variety of perspectives on small business, from economic to organisational to public policy </li> <li>Short case studies and examples to illustrate key theoretical and managerial issues; longer case studies to explore the bigger picture </li> <li>Two multi-part case studies which follow longitudinally the development of a business and the development of public policy with regard to small business and entrepreneurship</li> </ul>

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Business & Money

Storey, David J.

Greene, Francis

Education & Reference

Pearson Education Canada

Understanding The Small Business Sector

This volume provides a rigorous examination of key issues relating to employment in small businesses. These include an anlysis of the true extent of job crreation provided by small firms, the rleative quality of jobs in small firms, the growth of self-employment during the 1980s and the way in which the small firm interacts with its local labour markets. These issues are examined in an international context, wth comparative examples from the USA, the UK and Europe.

Employment, the Small Firm and the Labour Market (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Routledge

Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

This book, originally published in 1988, analyzes the regional importance of small and medium sized enterprises, supplmenting a discussion of key issues in both regional development and th eeconomics of small firms with a wide range of national case studies from Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, Greece, Spain, Israel and Indonesia.

Nijkamp, Peter

The Small Firm (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Originally published in 1983, this book reviews trends in the small-firm sector. The areas chosen cover the full spectrum of economic development. Part 1 deals with case studies from the USA, Japan, the UK, Australia, Germany and Sweden. In Part 2 Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Africa are surveyed. In all cases the authors review the variety of definitions used for the small-firm sector and present such data as are available on the changing importance of the sector. This is followed by a review of the roles of small firms in each of the economies.

The Small Firm: An International Survey (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Understanding The Small Business Sector (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Originally published in 1994, this text analyses the key issues that influence the growth and development of small businesses. Looking at the concept in which they operate, the book outlines the factors that are dominant in the sector and explores the effects if has on the economy. Is the creation of small businesses the answer to unemployment? Has the lowering of interest rates or taxation encouraged the self-employed to work harder? Have banks given small business a raw deal? These are just some of the questions discussed as David Storey explains the issues of employment, finance and policy and the issues dictating failure or success.

Finance

Originally published in 1994, this text analyses the key issues that influence the growth and development of small businesses. Looking at the concept in which they operate, the book outlines the factors that are dominant in the sector and explores the effects if has on the economy. Is the creation of small businesses the answer to unemployment? Has the lowering of interest rates or taxation encouraged the self-employed to work harder? Have banks given small business a raw deal? These are just some of the questions discussed as David Storey explains the issues of employment, finance and policy and the issues dictating failure or success.

The Performance of Small Firms (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

This study, originally published in 1987, addresses the question of small firm performance. Drawing on an extensive database containing financial, employment and ownership data for several thousand small firms, the book examines whether small firms do actually provide jobs, whether they grow and why small firms fail. Guidance is given on how to spot the signs of impending failure in a small business, which is of use to accountants small business PR actioners and government grant providers.

The Performance of Small Firms: Profits, Jobs and Failures (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Watson, Robert

Keasey, Kevin

Wynarczyk, Pooran

This study, originally published in 1987, addresses the question of small firm performance. Drawing on an extensive database containing financial, employment and ownership data for several thousand small firms, the book examines whether small firms do actually provide jobs, whether they grow and why small firms fail. Guidance is given on how to spot the signs of impending failure in a small business, which is of use to accountants small business PR actioners and government grant providers.

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Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Understanding The Small Business Sector

Employment, the Small Firm and the Labour Market (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

The Small Firm: An International Survey (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

The Small Firm (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Understanding The Small Business Sector (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

Understanding The Small Business Sector (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

The Performance of Small Firms: Profits, Jobs and Failures (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)

The Performance of Small Firms (Routledge Library Editions: Small Business)