Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
About the Book Series
Entrepreneurship is a widely-used term that has gained traction in modern academic discourse. This series aims to contribute to the knowledge and conceptualization of entrepreneurship in modern society from a variety of lenses. It promotes research and enquiry on the economic, social, cultural and personal dimensions of entrepreneurship for academic, practitioner and policy audiences. Publications in this series originate from different perspectives on the field including, though not exclusive to, studies that examine entrepreneurship as an activity – the launch of a small business, for example - a mindset and attitude, and having a specific spatial and temporal context. The research methods may draw upon primary and secondary sources or be conceptual, thus using a variety of methodological approaches. Hence, the series includes studies that cover a diverse range of conceptual, empirical and scholarly topics to both inform the field and push the boundaries of our understanding of entrepreneurship further.
The Management of Small and Medium Enterprises
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Fink, Sascha Kraus
March 17, 2011
Due to the vital importance of SMEs in developed economies worldwide, this book aims to provide a unique and much-needed investigation into the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies by collecting a wide range of original conceptual and empirical research in the ...
The Internationalization of Small Firms: A Strategic Entrepreneurship Perspective
1st Edition
By Shameen Prashantham
February 08, 2011
Drawing on empirical case-study research carried out in the Bangalore software industry, this book explores the role of network relationships in the internationalization of small knowledge-intensive firms. Using a conceptual framework, it looks at a range of key themes. These include: networks ...
The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise: An Entrepreneurial Analysis of Small Firm Inception and Growth
1st Edition
By Gavin Reid
August 10, 2010
This volume is an excellent addition to Routledge’s Studies in Small Business series. In this extended and novel entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth, a leading authority in the field develops a new kind of ‘micro-micro’ analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics...
Understanding the Small Family Business
1st Edition
Edited
By Denise Fletcher
September 07, 2007
It is estimated that family businesses comprise between sixty and ninety percent of all firms in Europe and the US. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small family firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organization studies. Reviewing a ...
Intellectual Property and Innovation Management in Small Firms
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Blackburn
June 08, 2007
Intellectual property protection is increasingly becoming a central issue for businesses. This book provides a wealth of original research on intellectual property management in small and medium sized enterprises, while also addressing the context of innovation and knowledge management....
Enterprise and Culture
1st Edition
By Colin Gray
February 28, 2007
Enterprise and Culture is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.Colin Gray argues that the failure of small enterprise policy is not just a question of economics, but is also caused by ...
Managing Labour in Small Firms
1st Edition
Edited
By Susan Marlow, Dean Patton, Monder Ram
December 17, 2004
The majority of employees currently working in the private sector are now employed in small firms, yet little is known about their working conditions. This collection of essays addresses this gap. Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key ...
The Financing of Small Business: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Small Business Owners
1st Edition
By Lauren Helena Read
May 07, 1998
A detailed empirical study of how small business owners finance their enterprises, this volume compares the experiences of women with those of men. The author redresses an over-reliance on subjective and anecdotal evidence of discrimination in this area with a controlled study of forty matched ...
The Quality Business: Quality Issues in the Smaller Firm
1st Edition
By Robert Blackburn, James Curran, Julian North
January 22, 1998
This book is the first to seriously consider quality issues in smaller firms, based upon well-conducted research and careful theorizing. Subjects covered include:* the relevance of formal quality standards such as BS 5750 to small firms* definitions and implementations of 'quality' in a business ...
Small Firm Formation and Regional Economic Development
1st Edition
By Mike Danson
March 27, 1996
Drawing on studies and expertise from around the world, this book describes the transition from research to policy and covers the pre-requisites to successful new firm formation policies. At a time when a new firm formation is promoted by central and local government, business development agencies ...