Small Firms: Enterprising Futures
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 1997
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-85396-375-9 (ISBN)
Description
Diversity in content, approach and policy characterizes this collection of papers from the 19th ISBA National Small Firms Policy and Research Conference. The contributions reflect the variety and vibrancy of small firms research, and map out the centrality of the 'enterprise agenda' to academics, policy-makers and the wider business community.
Amongst the issues covered in the thirteen chapters are the changing nature of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial identities, internationalization and SMEs, training in small firms, networking, Business Links, enterprise support for ethnic minority businesses, and the policy relevance of small firms research. Though eclectic in many ways, the volume provides a challenging set of questions to anyone interested in entrepreneurship and SME development.
The conference was organized on behalf of ISBA by the University of Central England Business School.
Published on behalf of the Institute for Small Business Affairs.
Amongst the issues covered in the thirteen chapters are the changing nature of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial identities, internationalization and SMEs, training in small firms, networking, Business Links, enterprise support for ethnic minority businesses, and the policy relevance of small firms research. Though eclectic in many ways, the volume provides a challenging set of questions to anyone interested in entrepreneurship and SME development.
The conference was organized on behalf of ISBA by the University of Central England Business School.
Published on behalf of the Institute for Small Business Affairs.
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Persons
Professor David Deakins is an honorary researcher at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, and Adjunct Professor, School of Management, Massey University in New Zealand. He has over 30 years' experience of research with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs. He returned to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 after retiring from Massey University. Whilst at Massey, he led various research projects undertaken for the New Zealand Government on SMEs, including regulation, internationalization and innovation. He also completed consultancy and research projects for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) body and for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Content
Introduction - David Smallbone, David Deakins and Monder Ram
Diversity in Small Firms Research
Making Sense of Enterprise - Gill Musson and Laurie Cohen
Identity, Power and the Enterprise Culture
Identity, Work and Family Business - Valerie Fournier and Geoffrey Lightfoot
New Businesses from Old - Michael Scott and Peter Rosa
The Role of Portfolio Entrepreneurs in the Start-up and Growth of Small Businesses
The Survival and Growth of Manufacturing SMEs in Remote Rural Areas in the 1990's - David Smallbone, David North and Christos Kalantaridis
Internationalisation Processes, Networking and Local Embeddedness in Technology-Intensive Small Firms - David Keeble et al
The Development of Manufacturing SMEs in Poland and the Baltic States - David Smallbone, Bogdan Piasecki and Urve Venesaar
Policy Issues and Priorities
Small Firms and Workforce Training - James Curran et al
Some Results, Analysis and Policy Implications from a National Survey
The NatWest/MBS Model of the Impact of Taxation on Small Limited Companies - Francis Chittenden, Panikkos Poutziouris and Tim Watts
Reaching Small Businesses? Delivering Advice and Support to Small Businesses through Trade Bodies - Julian North, Robert Blackburn and James Curran
Personal Business Advisers Models and Organisational Learning in Business Links - John Sparrow and Michael Bushell
Supporting Ethnic Minority Enterprise - Monder Ram
Views from the Providers
Policy Research and Small Business - Allan Gibb
From Know What to Know How?
Diversity in Small Firms Research
Making Sense of Enterprise - Gill Musson and Laurie Cohen
Identity, Power and the Enterprise Culture
Identity, Work and Family Business - Valerie Fournier and Geoffrey Lightfoot
New Businesses from Old - Michael Scott and Peter Rosa
The Role of Portfolio Entrepreneurs in the Start-up and Growth of Small Businesses
The Survival and Growth of Manufacturing SMEs in Remote Rural Areas in the 1990's - David Smallbone, David North and Christos Kalantaridis
Internationalisation Processes, Networking and Local Embeddedness in Technology-Intensive Small Firms - David Keeble et al
The Development of Manufacturing SMEs in Poland and the Baltic States - David Smallbone, Bogdan Piasecki and Urve Venesaar
Policy Issues and Priorities
Small Firms and Workforce Training - James Curran et al
Some Results, Analysis and Policy Implications from a National Survey
The NatWest/MBS Model of the Impact of Taxation on Small Limited Companies - Francis Chittenden, Panikkos Poutziouris and Tim Watts
Reaching Small Businesses? Delivering Advice and Support to Small Businesses through Trade Bodies - Julian North, Robert Blackburn and James Curran
Personal Business Advisers Models and Organisational Learning in Business Links - John Sparrow and Michael Bushell
Supporting Ethnic Minority Enterprise - Monder Ram
Views from the Providers
Policy Research and Small Business - Allan Gibb
From Know What to Know How?