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Due to the vital importance of SMEs in developed economies worldwide, this book intends to provide an investigation into the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies by collecting a wide range of original conceptual and empirical research in the topical area of management in SMEs and new ventures.

This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organization studies.

'Business transfer' refers to the transfer of ownership and leadership from one or more outgoing owner-manager(s) to one or more incoming owner-manager(s). Apart from all the company's material assets, it presupposes that information, relationships, know-how and social capital are also transmitted from one to the other.While much of the research on entrepreneurship has focused on new business ventures, few studies have considered business transfers as an alternative way of embarking on entrepreneurial activities. Business Transfers, Family Firms and Entrepreneurship provides the international community with a more comprehensive state-of-the-art of business transfer studies, which will enrich readers' understanding. The business transfer is examined through different prisms: family businesses, internal business transfers to employees, external business transfers, and woman in business transfers.This book deals with business transfer as a whole, following a logic of continuity and sustainability for the transferred firm. It offers a refreshing point of view on business transfers, in terms of both the process and the actors, and from both the seller's and the buyer's sides. It presents the research on all types of business transfer including internal and external transfers and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of entrepreneurship, small business management, family business, and strategic management. It can also be instructive for practitioners and stakeholders involved in a business transfer.

This book illuminates entrepreneurship in the African setting, focusing on the prospects, challenges, and the post-Covid-19 pandemic future.

This book examines the deep sociocultural dynamics supporting effective and emergent entrepreneurial ecosystems and communities for a new generation of ecosystem builders and researchers.

A detailed empirical study of how small business owners finance their enterprises, which compares the experiences of women with those of men. The author aims to redress over-reliance on subjective and anecdotal evidence of discrimination with a study of 40 matched pairs of male/female owners.

This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organization studies.

This work examines the role of new firm formation in regional economic development. While the focus is on Scotland, the strong policy orientation and comparative treatment mean that the issues covered have a much wider application and interest.

This book deals with business transfer as a whole, following a logic of continuity and sustainability for the transferred firm. It offers a refreshing point of view on business transfers, in terms of both the process and the actors, and from both the seller's and the buyer's sides.

Using statistical, econometric and qualitative methods of research, this book tracks and analyses the evolution of one-hundred-and-fifty small firms from their early years through to maturity.

Argues that even as IT hardware, software, data and associated processes are becoming more of a commodity, it has never been more important to manage IT as a strategic asset. This book identifies, explains and critically evaluates research in this area.

Explores the role of network relationships in the internationalization of small knowledge-intensive firms. Using a conceptual framework, this book looks at a range of key themes including: networks, knowledge, and technology.

Examining entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and the key countries of Eastern Europe, this book shows how small businesses have developed, and discusses how market reforms and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy.

Suitable for those in various areas of business and economics.

This book addresses the lack of academic and practical research into corporate venturing by examining the role of this activity as both a form of large firm-small firm collaboration and as a source of equity finance for small firms.

Based on carefully conducted research, this book is the first to seriously consider quality issues in smaller firms.

This book reviews different types of small-business network, using case-studies from Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK to give a comprehensive and comparative assessment.

Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key areas of the employment relationship adding a new perspective to our understanding of contemporary work.