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Small business performance: a management perspective
No full textA plea for a more pluralistic and stakeholder perspective of small business performance measurement by support agencies
Human resource development in small firms: the role of managerial competence
No full textThis paper offers a critique of existing approaches to training in small firms. It is primarily concerned with the relationship between organizational and managerial development and examines the contribution and value of training processes. The underlying premise is the belief that training can and should be a powerful agent of change, facilitating and enabling a company to develop its capabilities, thus enhancing profitability
Identifying successful entrepreneurship - an alternative perspective: enterprise in the market transition process
No full textA discussion of the difficulties and problems encountered when attempting to define and assess entrepreneurial potential pre start-up
Picking winners: the art of identifying successful entrepreneurs
No full textAn investigation into the particular characteristics which separate successful entrepreneurs from other small business owner-managers with special emphasis upon advice to small business support agencies to assist in "picking winners"
Managerial competence and competitive advantage in the small business: an alternative perspective
No full textThis paper examines the dichotomy between the models and concept of prescribed entrepreneurial behaviour and observed actual behaviour by entrepreneurs and owner-managers in small firm
Performance and competitive advantage in the small business sector: achieving excellence in small business management
No full textAn assessment of the managers role in influence performance in small firm
The abuse of entrepreneurial power
No full textAn analysis of the positional power of entrepreneurs and an evaluation of the misuse of that power with detrimental affects on other stakeholders
The Manager's role in small business failure
No full textAn analysis of small business owner-managers perceptions and definitions of success and failure
The performance and competitive advantage of small firms: a management perspective
No full textAn analysis of the process of strategic management in smaller firm
The managerial dimension in small business failure
No full textAn analysis of the role of management in contributing towards small business failure
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