Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

SMEs create employment, wealth and a potential for future growth. In Palestine they can also mean survival and freedom, and for this area are not choices but a necessity for sustainable development. Drawing on original research this book explores how the challenge is being met by empowering the owne..

Enterprise Relationship Management recognises that, increasingly, competition is no longer between individual organizations but between alliances of companies and networks of supply chains. Richard Gibbs and Andrew Humphries provide a practical guide to the management process needed for co-ordinat..

There is much more to small island survival than subsistence farming, aid, remittances and public sector workfare. Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories explores the 'creative' side of enterprise in small island states and territories...

_x005F_x000D_ There has not been a book on entrepreneurship and innovation which gives a clear plan of action in the wake of rapid developments in the modern technology milieu, until now...

Through an examination of three very different entrepreneurial initiatives in the Siemens business unit Fire Safety between 2008 and 2012, the book identifies key drivers and impediments to corporate entrepreneurship in this global organization. It thus offers a rare contribution to our growing – ye..

This edited collection, first published in 1989, stems from the second annual meeting the British Academy of Management, held at Cardiff Business School in 1988. With the focus on important areas of change affecting management practice and theory – in markets, technology and organizational structure..

This book focuses on gender and family entrepreneurship, as they are interrelated concepts particularly important in today’s global society. The book highlights the significance of the role of gender in the development and growth of family businesses. It helps readers understand the role of family d..

Global Project Management describes how to adapt your organization and your projects to thrive in a multi-cultural, multi-language environment. The text is filled with real-life examples and techniques and illustrates how to apply the recommendations as part of the successful management of any globa..

The contributors provide evidence to help policy-makers, researchers, economic development officers, administrators, elected officials and organisations doing business with SMEs, to better understand the issues involved in policy development. Drawing on experience from countries spanning both develo..

The contributors provide evidence to help policy-makers, researchers, economic development officers, administrators, elected officials and organisations doing business with SMEs, to better understand the issues involved in policy development. Drawing on experience from countries spanning both develo..

This volume presents research on information quality. Part I seeks to understand how data can be measured and evaluated for quality. Part II deals with ensuring quality while processing data into usable information. Part III presents case studies, and Part IV explores organizational issues. Part V a..

This volume provides important benchmarks for the integration of entrepreneurship and international business. It extends scholarship beyond the firm as single unit of analysis, instead including the role of the founder/entrepreneur. Exploration of this domain discusses possibilities for theory revis..