1st Edition
The Rise and Decline of Small Firms (Routledge Revivals)
By Jonathan Boswell
Copyright 1972
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1973, this title examines the development patterns of small businesses. It considers why people found firms; the factors that contribute to entrepreneurial success; problems of management succession and inheritance; the strengths and weaknesses of family firms; the reasons why small firms are taken over; and the social, economic and managerial context of their growth,... Read more
Preface; 1. Why Bother About Small Firms? 2. Performance, Goals and Problems 3. Why People Found Businesses 4. Strengths and Trials of Young Firms 5. Gathering Clouds 6. Take-overs 7. Lessons from History 8. Decline 9. Rigidities of Old Firms 10. Revivals 11. What Should Be Done?; Appendices: 1. Definitions 2. Field Study Methodology 3. Some Results of the Field Study 4. The Companies House Study 5. Other Studies; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Jonathan Boswell
