The Real World of the Small Business Owner (Routledge Revivals)
The Real World of the Small Business Owner (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Robert Goffee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1317571673

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Small businessmen and entrepreneurs came firmly back in fashion when this book was first published in 1980. As the Western economies moved into recession, many governments, particularly Mrs Thatcher’s administration, looked to the entrepreneurial spirit of the small businessman to rejuvenate and revitalise Western society. Stripping away the political rhetoric, this book provides a serious social portrait of the small businessman in the economy at the time in which this book was written. Based upon extensive original research, the detailed analyses focus on the key issues in the small businessmen’s life. At a time when there was much argument about the motivation and will to work of Western society, this study of the traditional custodians of capitalism is particularly relevant. Above all it shows how the historical values of the small businessman have survived in the changed circumstances of the advanced economies.

Small Business and Society (Routledge Revivals)
Small Business and Society (Routledge Revivals)

Author: David Goss

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1317506294

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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. Small Business and Society clarifies the issues and debates that surround the small business and its place in society. In particular, the complex nature of its social role is examined: on the one hand, the entrepreneur can be seen as the innovator exploiting free-market capitalism to strengthen the economy; on the other, employment conditions and industrial relations are said to suffer. Moreover, the growing importance of ‘green’ issues now brings into question the extent to which the small firm benefits the environment. This book will be of interest to students of business and sociology.

Entrepreneurship in Europe (Routledge Revivals)
Entrepreneurship in Europe (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Robert Goffee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-11

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1317496396

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The changing character of the economies in Eastern and Western Europe are leading more people to start their own businesses. This volume, first published in 1987, highlights the trends developing over the closing decades of the twentieth century. Although business start-up requires financial and marketing skills, it also demands important physchological and sociological inputs. On the basis of detailed accounts of the relevant social processes, this volume describes the varied experiences of entrepreneurship as they are emerging among various groups in both Eastern and Western Europe including the unemployed, women, ethnic minorities and others. This book will be of interest to students of business studies and sociology.

The Entrepreneurial Middle Class (Routledge Revivals)
The Entrepreneurial Middle Class (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Robert Goffee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1317539311

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This book, first published in 1982, is a study of the processes that shape the reproduction of the entrepreneurial middle class. It identifies the major dynamics surrounding stages of business growth. More particularly, it focuses upon obstacles and cleavages inherent within the process of small-scale capital accumulation. This book is ideal for students of business and economics.

Leadership and Supervision
Leadership and Supervision

Author: Ami Rokach

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-26

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1000535983

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This volume is dedicated to examining various points of view of what leadership is, and how the leader supervises those whom he trains. It is divided into three conceptual sections: The Leader, which examines various dimensions of leadership and what it means to lead; The Leader’s Effect on Others, which as the title indicates it looks at the effect and influence that a leader may have on others; and Organizational Culture, the effect of the leader on the culture of the organization or institution. The chapters in this book were originally published in The Journal of Psychology.

Industrial Relations in Small Firms
Industrial Relations in Small Firms

Author: Al Rainnie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1317191722

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Originally published in 1989, this book analyses the economic and political position of the small firm in the 1980s, and in particular the relationship between small and large firms in an advanced capitalist economy. Focusing on the printing and clothing industries, it examines the industrial relation practices in these two contrasting sectors and shows that apparent industrial relations harmony – for example, the lack of strikes – should be put down to the powerlessness of the workforce rather than to contentment.