Purpose The study examined the management practices of owner-managers of small businesses who were seeking to grow their firms. It seeks to better understand their strategic thinking in relation to internal and external environmental issues.Methodology A sample of 204 owner-managers who had...

Chapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book -- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate -- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities -- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy -- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty -- Chapter 7....

Chapter 1: The role of the small business within the economy -- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurs vs. owner-managers -- Chapter 3: Surviving the early years -- Chapter 4: Planning and strategy in the small firm -- Chapter 5: Creating customers -- Chapter 6: The process of growth in the small firm --...

The study examines strategic decision making among entrepreneurs from small firms engaged in early stage commercialisation. It is based on a questionnaire survey of 57 firms and the results suggest that if entrepreneurs within small innovator firms feel the innovation can be commercialised with...

Throughout the book, the authors offer a conceptual framework supported by original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning, the forces influencing the planning process, and the nexus between innovation and planning. The majority of all businesses...

Chapter 1: The role of the small business within the economy -- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurs vs. owner-managers -- Chapter 3: Surviving the early years -- Chapter 4: Planning and strategy in the small firm -- Chapter 5: Creating customers -- Chapter 6: The process of growth in the small firm --...