De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship
- 714 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship
About this book
"A small business is not a little big business."
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered the engines of worldwide economies and the main sources of job creation. Management in these companies is different from management in larger/older enterprises with their already established concepts and instruments. In view of the high importance of SMEs in emerging, developing and developed economies worldwide, the De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship investigates the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies with a focus on entrepreneurship, growth and innovation.
It argues that it is time for a dedicated theory of "SME Entrepreneurship" to emerge. Entrepreneurial thinking and behavior in SMEs must be differentiated from that of start-ups and large companies. On the other hand, it also explores the different entrepreneurship manifestations that exist within a widely heterogeneous group of SMEs.
The handbook provides a theoretical framework in which to understand, compare and contrast the complexity of SMEs in both domestic and international processes and addresses the strengths, achievements, and challenges of entrepreneurship in SMEs.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- An Introduction to a Theory of SME Entrepreneurship
- Part 1: Novel Theories of Entrepreneurship in SMEs
- Part 2: SMEs from the Perspective of Different Levels of Analysis (Macro, Meso, and Micro)
- Part 3: Processes and Performance of SMEs
- Part 4: Entrepreneurial Capital, Gender, and SMEs
- Part 5: SMEs and their Stakeholders: The Role of Customers, Investors, Employees, Suppliers, Communities, Governments, Trade Associations, etc.
- Index