Enterprise and Small Business Principles
Self-employment and the small business
David J. Brooksbank
3.1 Introduction
This chapter provides a general introduction to the core statistical data on the selfemployed in the UK. The chapter starts by providing an overview of the self-employed, who they are, why they entered self-employment, their personal characteristics, their jobs and the industrial sectors they enter. A key feature discussed in this chapter is the growth in self-employment over the past 20 years and, although this chapter concentrates on the UK situation, this trend has been apparent in many other countries.
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 …
