Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments

ISBN-13: 9780415592529 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 360 str.

Per Lind

Opis

Products and services created by small and medium sized organizations account for the vast majority of economic activity across the globe. These organizations will prove vitally important to the emerging and developing economies that will shape future decades.

Small Business Management in Cross-Cultural Environments introduces the key concepts of SME management, whilst also providing a refreshingly cross-cultural and global approach. This textbook covers key topics, including:

• The global economic development process
• Entrepreneurship
• The role of government
• SME growth and collaborations in a global context

Supplemented by a compendium of compelling case studies, drawn from across the world, this book is a useful guide for students of SME and International Management.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Cross-Cultural SME Environment  1. Small Business in the World  2. The Economic Development Process as a Framework for Small Business  3. The Contribution of Small Firms to Economic Development  4. Entrepreneurship and Small Business  5. Government: Facilitator or Trouble Maker for SME Growth?  Part 2: SME Management in a Cross-Cultural Perspective  6. Small Business Growth: Measures and Means  7. Managing the Small Firm: Theory and Practice  8. The SME Manager's Roles: Strategist, Operator and Mentor  9. Strategic and Operational Tools for SME Management  10. Networking and other Forms of SME Collaboration  11. The Small Firm in a Global Context: Opportunities and Threats  Part 3: Case Studies  1. Freight Enterprise S.A. (Argentina)  2. Alstermo Bruk AB (Sweden)  3. Olympia International (South Africa)  4. Viettuan Trading: Technology and Product Co. Ltd. (Vietnam)  5. Polmarco (Poland)  6. Lokal Industries Inc. (The Philippines)  7. Ningxia ABC Environmental Equipment Co. Ltd. (China)  8. IE Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. (Sri Lanka)  9. Mandelay Coating (South Africa)  10. Carbex AB (Sweden)  11. Kun Mining Company Ltd. (China)  12. Doradca Consultants (Poland)  13. Bernard Botejue Industries (Sri Lanka)  14. My Anh Garment Manufacture and Export Co. Ltd. (Vietnam)  15. Sterisol AB (Sweden)

O autorze

Per Lind is Professor of Industrial Development at Gotland University, Sweden. He has published several books, and made contributions to many others, on management and developing countries. He is married and has two sons and a daughter