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