ABSTRACT

Published in 1998. This text is designed as not only a summary of a number of years of reflections by many different researchers, but also a guide for future research and for continuing development of a theory of small business and its environment; a theory that will apply to small businesses everywhere and that will help them become what they hope to be in the 21st century.

chapter 2|14 pages

What does “small business” mean?

chapter 3|1 pages

The analysis framewor

chapter 4|2 pages

The plan of the book

chapter 5|1 pages

Who should read this book?

chapter 1|25 pages

Economic theory of small business

chapter 2|30 pages

Small businesses and local development

chapter 3|41 pages

Small business distribution and location

chapter 5|30 pages

Strategic management

chapter 6|26 pages

Small business marketing

chapter 7|41 pages

New technologies

chapter 8|29 pages

Operations management

chapter 9|24 pages

The financial problems of small businesses

chapter 10|30 pages

Information systems

chapter 12|18 pages

Conclusion