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In this extended and novel entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth, a leading authority in the field develops a new kind of ‘micro-micro’ analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics, accounting and finance to gain a deeper understanding of micro-firms, examining performance, hierarchy, capital structure, monitoring and control, flexibility, innovation, and information systems.
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The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise provides an extended, and novel, entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth. Gavin C Reid develops a new kind of ‘micro-micro’ analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics, accounting and finance to gain a deeper understanding of micro-firms, by examining their performance, hierarchy, strategy, capital structure, monitoring and control, flexibility, innovation, and information systems.
Using statistical, econometric and qualitative methods of empirical research, The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise tracks and analyses the evolution of firms from their early years through to maturity.
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