Small Firms and Network Economies

This book reviews different types of small-business network, using case-studies from Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK to give a comprehensive and comparative assessment.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Analysing networks; Chapter 3 Family business in ethnic and social networks; Chapter 4 Community-based networks; Chapter 5 Organisational networks; Chapter 6 Subcontracting and supplier networks; Chapter 7 Promoting networks in New Zealand; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

About the author

Martin Perry is a Senior Lecturer in economic geography, urban and regional planning and environmental subjects at the National University of Singapore. His previous publications include Singapore: A Developmental City State with L. Kong and B. Yeoh (John Wiley, 1997), Reform at Work: Workplace Change and the New Industrial Order with C. Davidson and R. Hill (Longman Paul, 1995) and Property and Industrial Development with S. Fothergill and S. Monk (Hutchinson, 1987).

Summary

This book reviews different types of small-business network, using case-studies from Singapore, New Zealand, Scandinavia and the UK to give a comprehensive and comparative assessment.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Perry
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.1999
• EAN: 9780415183925
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18392-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Weight: 620 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Small businesses & self-employed, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business, Singapore, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Small businesses and self-employment, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Freelance & Self-Employment, New Zealand / Aotearoa