Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the use of tools and techniques of strategy and strategic analysis within small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a part of the strategy formation process. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a qualitative, multiple-case-based...

Purpose: The owner-manager of small firms is recognised as having a potentially significant role in the small firm’s competitiveness, growth and failure. However, the owner-manager’s own resilience has been largely overlooked in the small firm resilience literature. The purpose of this...

This chapter argues that a separation thesis was explicitly or implicitly beneath the entire subprime mortgage lending and transaction processes, and largely responsible for the resulting crisis. As the global financial crisis started from the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States of...