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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List o f diagrams, figures and tables; The Author; Preface; Introduction; 1. The importance of small business research in recent years; 2. What does "small business" mean?; Quantitative typologies; Multicriteria or qualitative typologies; Towards a complex overall typology; Conclusion; 3. The analysis framewor; 4. The plan of the book; 5. Who should read this book?; 1. Economic theory of small business; 1. Introduction; 2. The re-emergence of small business; Industrial restructuring and small business; Small businesses and the regions |
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3. The causes of the re-emergence of small businessThe general reasons related to economic transformation; Criticism of economies of scale; Specific reasons; 4. The theories that explain small business dynamism; The role of the entrepreneur in economic dynamism; The theory of niches; Change, uncertainty and "economies of risk"; The new need for flexibility; The distribution of managerial capacities; 5. Towards a new small business/big business equilibrium; Controlling information; The importance of networks; Training; State intervention; 6. Conclusion |
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2. Small businesses and local development1. Introduction; The emergence of local initiative; 2. The local scale, or zone of action; "Localities" as a field of intervention for the creation and consolidation of small businesses; The meso-economic approach; 3. The concept of local development as it relates to small businesses; Trigger elements; Local development and community development: similarities and significant differences; Over-emphasis on economic aspects; Pragmatism; 4. The local development process and small business creation; 5. Key players; The network concept |
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Small business support organizationsAn example of a Newfoundland development corporation; 6. Small business development in rural communities; Rural industrialization; Case study: CADC Mekinac-Des Chenaux Inc; 7. Conclusion; 3. Small business distribution and location; 1. Introduction; 2. Geographical distribution and localization of small businesses in the tertiary sector; A well-known distribution model: central place"theory"; Business location studies: a well-defined field; Specific nature of certain public and private services |
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3. Geographical distribution and location of small manufacturing businessesThe theory of manufacturing places: a basic model; Classic Weber-based location models; 4. A more realistic approach to small business location; Overview of previous discussion; Business location and a multiple decision-making process over time; Methodological considerations for small business location studies; New fields of study; 5. Conclusion; 4. Entrepreneurship: entrepreneurs and small business owner-managers; 1. Introduction; 2. The world of the entrepreneur; The economists; The behaviourists; McClelland |
| Notes |
Originally published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2018) |
| Subject |
Small business.
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Small business -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Small business
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Small business -- Management
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Ondernemerschap.
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Bedrijfsbeleid.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Julien, Pierre-André, editor
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Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Groupe de recherche en économie et gestion des petites et moyennes organisations et de leur environnement.
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| ISBN |
9780429429545 |
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0429429541 |
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0429770278 |
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9780429770272 |
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9780429770265 |
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042977026X |
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