Competitive Advantage in SMEs

Biographies Preface 1 Introduction: SMEs, Policy and Competitiveness (Fiona Tilley and Jane Tonge). Section 1 General Management Issues 2 Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Towards a Conceptual Framework (Oswald Jones). 3 Strategic Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) (Alan Marsden and Carole Forbes). 4 Corporate Governance for Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Richard Warren). 5 Sustainability and Competitiveness: Are There Mutual Advantages for SMEs? (Fiona Tilley, Paul Hooper and Liz Walley). Section 2 Managing People 6 Human Resource Management: Managing People in Smaller Organisations (Scott Taylor, Sue Shaw and Carol Atkinson). 7 Employee Share Ownership in SMEs (Andrew Pendleton). 8 Managing Creativity and Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Examining Creative, New Media Firms (Mark Banks, Meg Elliott and Julia Owen). 9 Innovation in SMEs: Intrapreneurship and New Routines (Oswald Jones ). 10 Network Capability: The Competitive Advantage of Small Firms (David Taylor and Krsto Pandza). Section 3 Functional Management 11 The Adoption of e-business Technologies by SMEs (Paul Windrum and Pascale de Berranger). 12 Supply Chain Management: Improving Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Allan Macpherson and Alison Wilson). 13 Sustaining Viability in SMEs: Perspectives on Innovation in Financial Management (Bob Sweeting, Tony Berry and Jitsuo Goto). 14 Retail and Services Marketing (Steve Baron). 15 Conclusion: The Search for Competitive Advantage (Oswald Jones and Fiona Tilley). Index.