The Management of Small and Medium Enterprises (Routledge Studies in Small Business)

This book provides a wealth of original research on intellectual property management in small and medium sized enterprises, while also addressing the context.
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This book examines entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and key countries of Eastern Europe, showing how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy. For each of the…. This book addresses the lack of academic and practical research into corporate venturing by examining the role of this activity as both a form of large firm-small firm collaboration and as an alternative source of equity finance for small firms. These issues are explored through surveys of….

Edited by Matthias Fink , Sascha Kraus. 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….

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. By Brian Webb , Frank Schlemmer.

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Does Information Technology matter? This book argues that even as Information Technology hardware, software, data and associated processes are becoming more of a commodity, it has never been more important to manage Information Technology as a strategic asset. 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….

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. Edited by Denise Fletcher. Reviewing a range of….


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Recent development experience points to the way business can be the key to a dynamic small business sector, especially where those links are built on high trust co-operative relations. This book reviews different types of small business network, illustrated by an international selection of case….

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By Lauren Helena Read. A detailed empirical study of how small business owners finance their enterprises, this volume compares the experiences of women with those of men.

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The author redresses an over-reliance on subjective and anecdotal evidence of discrimination in this area with a controlled study of forty matched…. 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….

This book is the first to seriously consider quality issues in smaller firms, based upon well-conducted research and careful theorizing.

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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…. Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize A Dynamic Perspective By George Tesar , Zsuzsanna Vincze Interest in generally expanding the understanding of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially understanding their strategies and operations to enter international markets, is growing rapidly among researchers and academics globally.

Government officials, regional and economic specialists, and… Hardback — Routledge Routledge Studies in Small Business. Many undervalue the importance of information and communication technology ICT. Within the small business segment there can be significant differences amongst the avid early adopters of ICT and the laggards. This book brings together thirty years of original empirical research on key aspects of the formation and development of small firms from selected articles authored or co-authored by Peter Johnson.

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Complete with a comprehensive introduction from the author placing the work in relation to the David Smallbone, Friederike Welter June 14, This book examines entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and key countries of Eastern Europe, showing how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy. For each of the This book addresses the lack of academic and practical research into corporate venturing by examining the role of this activity as both a form of large firm-small firm collaboration and as an alternative source of equity finance for small firms.

These issues are explored through surveys of Matthias Fink, Sascha Kraus March 17, 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 Shameen Prashantham February 10, 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.

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Brian Webb, Frank Schlemmer July 24, Does Information Technology matter? This book argues that even as Information Technology hardware, software, data and associated processes are becoming more of a commodity, it has never been more important to manage Information Technology as a strategic asset. 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 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.

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