SMEs in Modern Economics. Selected Issues / Opracowanie zbiorowe

This book is devoted to the fascinating issues in small and medium size enterprises in contemporary economy. Although most of research and analyses concern Poland, the book is enriched by several foreign studies from Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Germany and the UK. A wide variety of problems is covered here, but since there exists a vast amount of aspects regarding SMEs, only major issues could be selected. Each of them is examined in one of the five arts that constitute this book.

CONTENTS:   
Introduction    5
Strategy and Management of SMEs   
Juhan Teder, Erve Venesaar, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN ESTONIAN SMES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH ORIENTATION    11
Julita Wasilczuk, STRATEGY IN SMALL FIRMS    35
Waldemar Skorupski, NEW METHOD AUDITOR’S WORK SUPPORT MANAGEMENT RISK    45
Networking in Modern Economy   
Agata Sudolska, CREATING SYNERGY EFFECT THROUGH INTER-FIRM COOPERATION    53
Krzysztof Zięba, DETERMINANTS OF FRANCHISING OPERATION DEVELOPMENT    63
Marta Najda, THE RISKY SIDE OF THE NETWORK STRATEGY    77
Academic Entrepreneurship   
Piotr Dominiak, ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP – DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENCES    91
Jan Wyrwiński, UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS IN THE VICINITY OF GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY    105
Wanda Marginean, UK SCIENCE PARKS PERFORMANCE; AN ASSESSMENT OF FIRMS LOCATED IN THE OXFORD SCIENCE PARK    119
SMEs Environment   
Maciej Zastempowski, MACROENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE PROVINCE    133
Tomasz Parteka, Magdalena Popowska, INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SMEINNOVATION-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES (FRENCH AND POLISH EXPERIENCES)    139
Paweł Głodek, CONDITIONS OF SMES BANKING FINANCE PROVISION    159
Patric Moore, NEW FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR SMES – POOLING FINANCIAL NEEDS    169
SMEs Support   
Asko Miettinen, FROM AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE TO A POLICY? THE CASE OF A SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING PROGRAMME    185
Marzena Starnawska, SUPPORT NETWORKS IN POLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES – MAKING FOR COOPERATION OR SUPPORT?    193
Jarosław Ropęga, METHODS OF OVERCOMING DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS IN THE SME SECTOR    205
Arnoldina Pabedinskaitė, Nelė Jurkėnaitė, E-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN LITHUANIA    215
Monika Wallmon, FAMILY MATTERS – THE COMPLEXITIES OF RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SMALL FAMILY FIRM    229