Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 2 Issue 1

ADJUSTING TO CHANGE: HOW SMALL FIRMS MIGHT GET AROUND THE (POTENTIAL) MARKETING MYOPIA PROBLEM

Philip J. Kitchen, R. Anthony Proctor

The response or non‐response of small businesses to change is an important area of study. Environmental analysis is a crucial corollary to business development and growth…

NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS: MANAGING CHANGE AND COMPETITION

Paul Joyce, Adrian Woods, Sharon Black

INTRODUCTION Companies operating in international markets have been told that innovation lies at the heart of success and that they should establish early warning systems to help…

COMMERCIAL HEALTH MONITORING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS USING PROCESS CONTROL TECHNIQUES

Paul Reynolds, John Day

The work of Scott, Bruce and Cooper on small firm growth and development is reviewed. It is shown that by adapting exponential smoothing forecasting procedures it is possible to…

HOW HRC QUIETLY PROFESSIONALIZED

Paula O'Brien, Paul Walley

Harboro Rubber Company is a small manufacturing business which has managed a successful strategic change in a short space of time. The plan involved moving the company from an…

IN DEFENCE OF BUSINESS PLANNING: WHY AND HOW IT STILL WORKS FOR SMALL FIRMS AND ‘CORPORATIONS OF SMALL BUSINESS UNITS’

Bill Richardson

This paper explains what business planning is and why it is being criticized. It differentiates between business planning (which focuses on the strategic development of the small…

CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF UK SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH, 1980–1990. PART TWO: CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF THE OUTPUT

David Watkins

Significant changes have taken place in the nature, organisation and management of research on the UK SME sector over the past decade. This is the second in a short series of…