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Small business training and development in the United States
Lloyd Fernald, George Solomon, Don BradleyFifty eight per cent of reporting companies have a shortage of skilled workers and 64 per cent of manufacturers believe entry‐level workers lack the necessary skills to positively…
Information technology in the small business: establishing the basis for a management information system
Julia SmithThis paper reports on the importance and use of information technology in a sample of 150 new small firms. It provides statistical evidence to show that the greater the use of IT…
Franchising as a small business development strategy: a qualitative study of operational and “failed” franchisors in the UK
David Kirby, Anna WatsonThe study of franchising as a small business growth strategy is only weakly researched and understood. This preliminary, qualitative investigation examines the experiences of 17…
Planning, business objectives and capital budgeting in Japanese, German and domestic SMEs: some evidence from the UK manufacturing sector
Michael PeelThe study of franchising as a small business growth strategy is only weakly researched and understood. This preliminary, qualitative investigation examines the experiences of 17…
Factors in the growth of micro‐enterprises (Part 1): developing a framework
Lew PerrenThis research examines micro‐enterprises pursuing gradual growth. While very little research has been targeted specifically at the growth of micro‐enterprises, there are a host of…
University counsels small “split firms” in post‐communist country
Zbigniew LuckiThe transition from centralised to market economy created a number of difficulties for Polish enterprises and many of them went bankrupt, especially after the Soviet market had…
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