Author(s): Gavin Reid
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 432
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 14
Tables......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
Acknowledgements......Page 21
Abbreviations......Page 22
Part 1: Background......Page 24
1 Small firm inception and growth......Page 26
2 Fieldwork and database......Page 41
3 Main quantitative features of the database......Page 49
Part 2: Existing evidence......Page 62
4 Growth and profitability of micro-firms......Page 64
5 Funding shortages......Page 74
Part 3: Finance......Page 89
6 Modelling financial structure......Page 91
7 Capital structure at inception and the short-run performance of micro-firms......Page 104
8 Trajectories of financial structure......Page 118
Part 4: Performance......Page 134
9 Performance rankings and cluster analysis......Page 136
10 Performance and business strategy......Page 149
11 Actions and outcomes......Page 162
Part 5: Information and contingency......Page 180
12 Information and performance......Page 182
13 Contingency and information system development......Page 193
14 Small firm type, organisational form and contingency......Page 204
Part 6: Flexibility......Page 218
15 Flexibility, growth and survival......Page 220
16 Scale flexibility......Page 226
17 Market niche flexibility......Page 235
18 Flexibility, firm-specific turbulence and the performance of the long-lived small firm......Page 243
Epilogue......Page 262
Appendix on instrumentation......Page 265
Pre-letters......Page 267
References......Page 272
Administered questionnaire 1......Page 286
Administered questionnaire 4......Page 334
Index......Page 368
