Enterprise and Small Business Principles
Learning objectives
There are three learning objectives in this chapter:
1 To appreciate the numbers of individuals involved in self-employment in the UK and their importance to the economy.
2 To be aware of the major trends and changes to the stock of self-employed over the past two decades.
3 To link the important themes, covered elsewhere in the text, to the baseline data. Key concepts
■ self-employment ■ personal characteristics ■ self-employment treads
Kevin Ibeh 24.1 Introduction This chapter is concerned with internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It starts with some reflections on the now-established status of SMEs as international market …
John Stanworth and David Purdy 23.1 Introduction At its best, franchising is an avenue into self-employment offered by franchisors (owners of a ‘tried-and-tested’ business format) to franchisees (typically aspiring small …
Nigel Lockett and David Brown 22.1 Introduction This chapter looks beyond the extraordinary developments in information and communication technology (ICT), particularly e-commerce and e-business, to the opportunities and challenges presented …
