Download or read book The Performance of Small Firms written by David J. Storey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Strategy and Small Firm Performance written by P. Gibcus and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Innovation Strategies and Performance in Small Firms written by John Russel Baldwin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features of the volume: comprehensive strategic profiles representative of small-firm populations; information from business surveys and administrative data sources for a better understanding of how strategies and activities relate to firm performance; and an exploration of how small-firm strategies and activities vary across a diverse range of operating environments- from manufacturing to services to science-based environments.
Download or read book Small Firm Management written by Kevin Keasey and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1993-05-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text focuses upon the inherent difficulties associated with small firm contractual relationships.
Download or read book Small Firm Growth written by Per Davidsson and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Firm Growth comprehensively reviews the empirical literature on small firm growth to highlight and integrate what is known about this phenomenon and take stock of what past experiences of researching this area implies for how the phenomenon can or should be studied in future research.
Download or read book Small Firm Performance written by James Wolff and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes entrepreneurial and small-and medium-sized (SMEs) enterprises' firm performance and offers a conceptualmodel of SME performance in terms of growth and profitability. The data used inthe study consist of a representative random sample of 855 small- andmedium-sized manufacturing firms selected from the biannual directory publishedby the largest newspaper in a Midwestern state. The multi-phase approachyielded 192 key-informant responses. The study examined the following categories: performance, productimprovement, process improvement, environmental hostility,internationalization, firm size, and innovation. The findings help todistinguishbetween product improvement and process improvement as anorientation for growth. They also suggest that internationalization andinnovator position influence positively the new product and processimprovements. Moreover, environment hostility, internationalization, andproduct improvement impact positively firm growth as a performancedimension. A product improvement orientation is positively linked with firm growth andprofitability, while a focus on process improvement offered no relevantstatistical relationship to growth or profitability. As the findings of thisstudy are based on cross-sectional data, recommendations are made for futurestudies using longitudinal methods of analysis. (CBS).
Download or read book Small Firm Performance written by James J. Ebben and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Firm Growth and Performance written by Johan Wiklund and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intellectual Capital and Technological Innovation written by Pedro López Sáez and published by Engineering Science Reference. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides theoretical frameworks and empirical research findings to assist managers, academics and consultants gain a thorough understanding of intellectual capital and social capital as a base for improving their tasks"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Challenges in Predicting New Firm Performance written by Arnold C. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines some of the challenges in trying to predict new firm performance.
Download or read book Metatheory of Small Firm Performance and Entrepreneurship written by Tuomas Kuhmonen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategy and Superior Performance of Micro and Small Businesses in Volatile Economies written by Carvalho, João Conrado de Amorim and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies operating in countries with volatile economies face an environment subject to turbulence. It is important to understand how these companies can overcome adversity, establish competitive advantage, and achieve superior performance. The selection of competitive drivers can help to improve the ability to capture, process, and manage information that can generate knowledge and innovation in products and processes, as well as increase strategic capacity and organizational performance. Strategy and Superior Performance of Micro and Small Businesses in Volatile Economies focuses on the ways that organizations capture information and disseminate it in their work teams, transforming this knowledge into innovative products and services that establish competitive advantage. It will improve the understanding of the role of strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the effort to reduce poverty levels in societies with volatile economies and which are subject to serious social disparities. Highlighting topics such as economic development, market performance, and network economy, this publication is designed for managers, entrepreneurs, business professionals, academicians, researchers, and students.
Download or read book Information Technology and Competitive Advantage in Small Firms written by Brian Webb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well structured and coherent, this book examines Information Technology as a strategic asset; covering first principles, reviewing existing theories and methods and testing selected theories using empirical data.
Download or read book Measurement of Firm Performance and Analysis of Its Determinants written by Ashfaq Muhammed Ishaq and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Profiles of Small Firm Performance written by Keith Glancey and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Firms in Tourism written by Rhodri Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a varied collection of recent research relating to small businesses in tourism. In doing so it reflects the eclecticism of interest and method associated with this under-researched and under-theorised area of investigation. Topics range from the potential contribution of small firms to achieving social or economic goals to understanding more about business performance and growth. As is common in tourism research, disciplinary boundaries are routinely transgressed in the interests of gaining greater illumination. Insights from a variety of countries are offered, sometimes as a result of trans-national collaboration initiated specifically for this book.
Download or read book How Small to Medium Enterprises Thrive and Survive in Turbulent Times written by Yiu Ha Carmen Chu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political and financial upheaval is not a new phenomenon – from the tulip bulb bubble in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century to Black Monday in 1987, businesses throughout history have worked to adapt and cope. However, today’s climate is even more fraught with crises, raising the levels of concern for business, society, and governments. It especially poses a challenge for small businesses, who have to learn to cope with this increasingly turbulent environment, dealing with the difficulties and taking advantage of the new opportunities that turbulence can provide. Understanding how resilience capabilities can be developed to promote sustainable business is imperative. This book provides a new paradigm for conceptualizing resilience capabilities and advances current understanding both theoretically and practically in real-world business settings. Examining the processes of resilience during different phases of crisis reveals why businesses either fail, or outperform their counterparts during times of turbulence. Based on in-depth empirical research, researchers and advanced students in small business, strategic management and risk management will find this an invaluable guide to organizational resilience.
