Small Business and Society (Routledge Revivals)

When this book was first published in 1991, political ideology had thrust small-firm issues to the forefront of attempts to revitalize the British economy. In the Thatcher years the emphasis had been on individual enterprise and initiative with the number of small firms increasing rapidly. This was reflected in the growth in the number of specialist studies analysis small-firm revivalism. This book will be of interest to students of business and sociology.

David Goss

List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Theories of small business and society 2. The empirical investigation of UK small business 3. Small business and the entrepreneur 4. Employment relations in small firms 5. Alternative forms of small business 6. Small business, new technology and innovation 7. Small business policy 8. Conclusions; Notes; References; Index