... of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises , Research Report 26, HMSO , London . Wolcott , H.F. (1995), “ Making a study more ethnographic ”, chapter 3 in Van Maanan , J. (Ed.), Representation in Ethnography , Sage , London . ...

... firms (Pettigrew et al., 1989). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Distance learning Interaction Mentoring Information technology strategy World Wide Web The so‐called “Internet Revolution” has changed work patterns within the global marketplace...

... ignored by small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Relatively few SMEs employ graduates (Court et al., 1995; Williams and Owen, 1997) and most SMEs do not look to new graduates as a natural source for recruitment (Keenan, 1995). Some owner‐managers of SMEs believe graduates are a valuable...

... viability”. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Service industries Entrepreneurs Competences Management development Pharmaceutical industry The last two decades have seen a substantial growth in the number and range of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs...

... to small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises in a manner which recognises their working environment, mode of operation and preferred learning methods, and after addressing these, outlines differing methods at present being tested in the UK and Ireland. The two methodologies are different in that one programme...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Europe Small- to medium-sized enterprises Training Money for training to help small firms Keywords: Europe, Small- to medium-sized enterprises, Training Money may be available from the European Commission for training programmes to help...

... basis. A two‐year CAPS project can thus, very quickly, turn into an uncertain “millstone”. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Graduates Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises UK Graduates face a crucial challenge in attempting to transfer new ideas into British small and medium enterprises (SMEs...

... in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises. Concludes that this relationship is probably negative, given the current problems faced by small firms, but is optimistic for the future. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Labour market Skilled workers Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Students Concern...