Over the years, the term private sector development, has been misunderstood and misconstrued - variously vilified and sanctified. During the decade of the 1990s, the role of the private sector in economic development, received increased attention, with controversy surrounding such issues as...

1. Crisis management – From a theoretical point of view -- 2. Crisis management Practices in Small and Medium-sized Firms -- 3. Crisis: A Philosophical Insight -- 4. Managing crisis in SMEs -- 5. Crisis management and leadership: A search for competencies in SMEs -- 6. Crisis management from...

Small companies are the backbone of the economy in many countries. In Europe, for example, small companies represent more than 90% of all companies. Despite the fact that these companies represent such an important portion of the economy, few studies have been examining voluntary disclosure...

Economic impacts of unionization on employers are difficult to estimate in the absence of large, representative data on establishments with union status information. Estimates are also confounded by selection bias, because unions could organize at highly profitable enterprises that are more...