The State of the Art in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
By Pierre-André Julien. 2018
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Introduction: the importance of small business research in recent years what does "small business" mean? quantitative topologist, multicriteria or qualitative topologist, towards a complex overall typology, conclusion the analysis framework the plan of the book who should read this book? Part 1 Economic theory of small business: introduction the re-emergence of small business: industrial restructuring and small business, small businesses and the regions the causes of the re-emergence of small business: the general reasons related to economic transformation, criticism of economies of scale, specific reasons the theories that explain small business dynamism: the role of the entrepreneur in economic dynamism, the theory of niches, change, uncertainty and 'economic of risk', the new need for flexibility, the distribution of managerial capacities towards a new small business/big business equilibrium: controlling information, the importance of networks, training, state intervention conclusion. Part 2 Small businesses and local development: introduction: the emergence of local initiative 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 the concept of local development as of relates to small businesses: trigger elements, local development and community development - similarities and significant differences, over-emphasis on economic aspects, pragmatism the local development process and small business creation key players: the network concept, small business support-organizations, an example of a newfoundland development corporation small business development in rural communities: rural industrialization, case study - CADC Mekinac-Des Chenaux Inc conclusion. Part 3 Small business distribution and location: introduction 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 geographical distribution and location of small manufacturing businesses: the theory of manufacturing places - a basic model, classic Weber-based location models 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 conclusion. Part 4 Entrepreneurs and small business owner-managers: introduction the world of the entrepreneur. (Part contents).
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics
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- Strategic Entrepreneurship and Managerial Activities in SMEs (2003, background): “A lot of different studies underlined the importance of SMEs and their ability to live on by showing that these firms are not necessarily trying to grow (Deeks, 1973; Julien, 1998).”
- How do micro-firms manage coopetition? A study of the wine sector in France (2018, background): “The owner-manager is frequently described as a jack-of-all-trades, and (s)he (and her or his employees, if any) is often involved in multi-tasking rather than the labour specialisation that is typical among larger firms (Julien, 1998).”