Understanding the small business sector pdf

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From unemployment to self-employment: Can enterprise policy intensify the risks of poverty? Abstract Analysis of the large rise in the numbers of self-employed in the UK reveals high levels of in-work poverty, especially among those coming off of social security benefits.

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Storey , D. This book will map not only the attempts of small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Europe to enter foreign markets, but also to understand how researchers and academics can help small and medium-sized Northern European enterprisers Routledge, London.

Stromback, T. This book examines entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and key countries of Eastern Europe, showing how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by The diversity of activity and organization revealed in the foregoing chapters makes it abundantly clear that a genuine understanding of small business cannot be premised upon the assumption of commonality amongst enterprises below a Understanding the Small Business Sector.

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