... of human and social capital are more likely to create firms that experience high growth and profitability. There is widespread agreement that social capital, in the form of resources embedded in entrepreneurs’ personal networks, is critical to the performance of small firms. For instance, network...

... growing small firms during 2000 and the development five years after (2001‐2006), as well as through structured observations of the working days of top managers in six fast‐growing manufacturing small firms. Findings Managers in small, fast‐growing manufacturing firms are engaged in many different...

... (Westhead and Storey, 1996, 1997). Small firms Learning Business development Corporate culture How to effectively engage small business owner‐managers in business support programs designed to stimulate performance and employment has been an issue that has tended to frustrate training...

.../managers of VSEs to manage these decision‐dilemmas at any time during the process of new technology adoption. New technology Decision making Management Small firms The extensive literature available on decision making is explicitly or implicitly aimed at large corporations (Porter, 1980...

... process and the elements and method for a truly successful KM project application. Emphasises the importance of knowledge validation. Reviews some organizations that are using KM successfully. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Knowledge management Project management Small firms The question becomes...

... of skilled managers, smaller firms can increase productivity and attractiveness to existing and potential employees. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Small firms Job satisfaction Employee attitudes Management Imagine a scenario in which all of the small and medium sized businesses in North America...

... 1998 Entrepreneurs Gender Ownership Small firms Small business researchers discovered women in the mid 1970s and have since maintained a steady flow of work on aspects of gender including the development of a number of typologies of the female entrepreneur. Over the same period...

... resource element of small businesses can be accounted for in much the same manner as equity costs are incorporated in the valuation of divisions of large corporations. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Human capital theory Management Methods of valuation Small firms For the purpose...

...Graeme Martin; Harry Staines The failure rate of small firms in the UK is high, but there is little reliable evidence as to what factors account for success or failure in small businesses. Lending organizations have adopted a set of criteria that they use to evaluate new business proposals. One...

.... Competences Hong Kong Qualitative techniques Small firms This article reports our research into the management competences important for owners or senior managers of small businesses in expanding their organizations. Our focus was on Chinese owned and managed enterprises in Hong Kong. Besides sharing...