Table of Contents
Biographies
Preface
1 Introduction: SMEs, Policy and Competitiveness (Fiona Tilley and Jane Tonge).
Section 1 General Management Issues
2 Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Towards a Conceptual Framework (Oswald Jones).
3 Strategic Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) (Alan Marsden and Carole Forbes).
4 Corporate Governance for Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Richard Warren).
5 Sustainability and Competitiveness: Are There Mutual Advantages for SMEs? (Fiona Tilley, Paul Hooper and Liz Walley).
Section 2 Managing People
6 Human Resource Management: Managing People in Smaller Organisations (Scott Taylor, Sue Shaw and Carol Atkinson).
7 Employee Share Ownership in SMEs (Andrew Pendleton).
8 Managing Creativity and Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Examining Creative, New Media Firms (Mark Banks, Meg Elliott and Julia Owen).
9 Innovation in SMEs: Intrapreneurship and New Routines (Oswald Jones).
10 Network Capability: The Competitive Advantage of Small Firms (David Taylor and Krsto Pandza).
Section 3 Functional Management
11 The Adoption of e-business Technologies by SMEs (Paul Windrum and Pascale de Berranger).
12 Supply Chain Management: Improving Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Allan Macpherson and Alison Wilson).
13 Sustaining Viability in SMEs: Perspectives on Innovation in Financial Management (Bob Sweeting, Tony Berry and Jitsuo Goto).
14 Retail and Services Marketing (Steve Baron).
15 Conclusion: The Search for Competitive Advantage (Oswald Jones and Fiona Tilley).
Index.
