Description
Uses well-grounded data from interviews based on business reality
Provides a new and simple predictor of small firm failure
Gives the first test in the small firms literature of a game theoretic model
Offers contemporary analysis of new institutions for stimulating enterprise
Presents seven very detailed case studies within a three year time frame.
Table of Contents
Preface Part I Introduction 1 Analysing the small business enterprise 2 The small firms relational database Part II Statistical analysis 3 The typical small business enterprise 4 Cost curves and scale economies 5 Rankings data on financial inception Part III Case studies 6 Enterprise profiles 7 Competitive and defensive strategies 8 The forces of competition Part IV Econometrics 9 Staying in business 10 Pricing asymmetries 11 Growth and its determinants Part V Political economy 12 Small firms and fair trade 13 Perceptions of the enterprise culture Part VI Conclusion 14 A small firms research agenda
