Additional Reading:
Lang, J. (2001) The High-Tech Entrepreneur’s Handbook : How to Start and Run a High-Tech Company, London, FT.COM.
Ormerod, P. (2005) Why most things fail: evolution, extinction and economics, London, Faber.
Perren, L., (1996), “Small business development: explorations using biological metaphors”, In C. Oswick & D. Grant (Eds.), Organisational Development: Metaphorical Explorations, Pitman Publishing, London.
Slatter, S. (1984) Corporate Recovery London, Penguin.
Slatter, S. (1992) Gambling on growth: how to manage the small high-tech firm New York, Wiley
Stokes, D. and Wilson, N. (2006) Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship, London, Thomson Learning.
Barrow, C. (1993) The Essence of Small Business, London: Prentice Hall
Burns, P. (2006). Entrepreneurship and Small Business. London, Palgrave.
Carson, D., Cromie, S., McGowan, P. and Hill, J. (1995) Marketing and Entrepreneurship in SMEs: an Innovative Approach, London: Prentice Hall.
Dodge, H. R., and Robbins, J. (1992) ‘An empirical investigation of the organisational life cycle model for small business development’, Journal of Small Business Management, 3, 1, 27-37.
Kamler, B., Schratz, M. & Walker, R., (1995), “Reading to write: finding songlines in the research literature”, In M. Schratz & R. Walker (Eds.), Research as Social Change: New Opportunities for Qualitative Research, Routledge, London, pp.90-103.
McAuley, A., (1998), “The Mirror and the Lamp: Representing the Entrepreneur”, Journal of Marketing Management, 14:7, pp.721-31.
Manimala, M. J., (1993), “Rules of Thumb That Help Innovators: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs”, Creativity & Innovation Management, 2:3.
Perren, L., (1996), “Small business development: explorations using biological metaphors”, In C. Oswick & D. Grant (Eds.), Organisational Development: Metaphorical Explorations, Pitman Publishing, London.
Smith, D., (1997), “Small is beautiful but difficult: Towards cost-effective research for small businesses”, International Journal of Market Research, 39:1, pp.273-92.
Recommended Journals – the Starting Point for a Broad Literature Review
In the field of small business and entrepreneurship, there are many peer-reviewed academic journals. In addition many worthwhile articles about small business appear in the journals of other fields such as Geography, Psychology and Economics. It is really impossible to provide a concise list of journals that will provide access to everything of relevance to your needs. However you might like to start by looking at some of the following:
Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice Journal
European Journal of Marketing
Family Business Review
Harvard Business Review
International Small Business Journal
Journal of Entrepreneurship
Journal of Entrepreneurship Education
Journal of Small Business and
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