Enterprise and Small Business Principles
Learning objectives
There are four learning objectives in this chapter:
1 To consider what is meant by growth in small firms.
2 To consider some of the theories and concepts that have been used to help explain growth in small firms.
3 To assess the main barriers and constraints to growth in small firms.
4 To identify some of the main issues facing managers in growing small firms and discuss ways in which these may be successfully dealt with.
Key concepts
■ business growth ■ development ■ management constraints
■ external environment
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