Competitive Advantage in SMEs Organising for Innovation and Change [Paperback]

* Draws on up-to-date empirical evident to illustrate how SMEs can become more innovative through the introduction of new products and services.
* Discusses the effective and efficient use of information technology by broadening management skills and knowledge.Biographies

Preface

1 Introduction: SMEs, Policy and Competitiveness (Fiona Tilley and Jane Tonge).

Section 1 General Management Issues

2 Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Towards a Conceptual Framework (Oswald Jones).

3 Strategic Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) (Alan Marsden and Carole Forbes).

4 Corporate Governance for Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Richard Warren).

5 Sustainability and Competitiveness: Are There Mutual Advantages for SMEs? (Fiona Tilley, Paul Hooper and Liz Walley).

Section 2 Managing People

6 Human Resource Management: Managing People in Smaller Organisations (Scott Taylor, Sue Shaw and Carol Atkinson).

7 Employee Share Ownership in SMEs (Andrew Pendleton).

8 Managing Creativity and Competitive Advantage in SMEs: Examining Creative, New Media Firms (Mark Banks, Meg Elliott and Julia Owen).

9 Innovation in SMEs: Intrapreneurship and New Routines (Oswald Jones ).

10 Network Capability: The Competitive Advantage of Small Firms (David Taylor and Krsto Pandza).

Section 3 Functional Management

11 The Adoption of e-business Technologies by SMEs (Paul Windrum and Pascale de Berranger).

12 Supply Chain Management: Improving Competitive Advantage in SMEs (Allan Macpherson and Alison Wilson).

13 Sustaining Viability in SMEs: Perspectives on Innovation in Financial Management (Bob Sweeting, Tony Berry and Jitsuo Goto).l³¼