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Small business in a global economy : creating and managing successful organizations /
This two-volume work explores the behavior and decision making of small companies; their business strategies for launch, growth, and survival; and their contribution to the larger global economy. Utilizing information and data gleaned from proven entrepreneurs and small business operations, this ref...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, California :
ABC-CLIO,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; 9781440830150_V1_web.pdf; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; 1 Small Businesses' Share of Employment: Charting the Course over the Last Three Decades; Small Businesses' Role in the Economy; What Is Driving the Decline in Small Businesses' Share of Employment?; Rules of the Game; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; 2 The Motivations Underlying Small Business Formation: An Overview and Empirical Examination of Self-Efficacy and Commitment; Motivation; Review of Theory and Empirical Evidence; Method; Sample; Measurement.
- Analysis and ResultsDiscussion; Notes; 3 The Irrational Benefits of Small Business Ownership: Constructing Economic Well-Being in Business-Owning Households; What Business? What Benefit? What Rationality?; Self-Employment or Small Business Ownership; The Financial Benefits of Small Business Ownership; The Nonfinancial Benefits of Small Business Ownership; Business Rewards in Family-owned Firms; Researching the Rewards of Small Business Ownership; The Relationship between Business and Household; Economic Well-being in the Entrepreneurial Household; Conclusions; Notes.
- 4 Effectual Decision Making: Applications for Small BusinessThe Basics of Effectuation; The Dimensions That Differentiate Causation from Effectuation; Focus on Means; Alliances and Precommitments; Clearly Defined Ends or Generalized Aspirations; Predicting Expected Returns or Affordable Loss; Existing Knowledge or Environmental Contingencies; Uncertainty; Summary; Causation Decision-making Processes: An Example; Effectuation Decision-making Processes: An Example; Effectuation in the Academic Literature; Teaching Effectuation; Conclusion; Notes.
- 5 Women- and Ethnic Minority-Owned Businesses: An Overview of Current Research and Future TrendsWomen as Small Business Owners; Women's Share of Small Business Ownership, Firm Characteristics, and Performance Profiles; Gender, Women, and Entrepreneurial Capital; Entrepreneurship as a Masculinized Discourse; Summary; Minority Entrepreneurship; Defining and Contextualizing Ethnic Minority Status; Ethnic Minority Business Owners: The Business-Entry Decision, Sectoral Preference, and Resourcing Issues; Summary; Conclusion; Notes; 6 The A-GES Framework: Understanding the Family Business Difference.
- Understanding Differences: A Selection of Theoretical ApproachesSystems Theory; Agency Theory; Stewardship Theory; Resource-Based View; Organizational Learning Theory; Summary Observation; Understanding Family Business: The A-GES Framework; Architecture; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Stewardship; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; 7 Institutional Influences on Entrepreneurial Orientation in Small Businesses: A Nine-Country Investigation of Political and Economic Risk; Theoretical Development; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Institutional Theory.