Small business enterprise: an economic analysis
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London [u.a.]
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1993
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| Beschreibung: | XVI, 327 S. |
| ISBN: | 0415056810 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
Part I Introduction 1
1 Analysing the small business enterprise 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Qualitative and quantitative analysis 4
/. 3 Gathering evidence on small business enterprise 6
1.4 The sample and its composition 14
7.5 The small business sector 20
7.6 Conclusion 21
2 The small firms relational database 22
2.7 Introduction 22
2.2 Instrumentation (AQ 1985, SSI 7985, RIQ 1988) 23
2.3 Design and structure of database 36
2.4 Manipulation of the database 39
2.5 Conclusion 43
Appendix to chapter 2 43
Part II Statistical analysis 49
3 The typical small business enterprise 51
3.1 Introduction 51
3.2 Characteristics of the typical SBE 51
3.3 Simple statistical analysis of the typical SBE 55
3.4 Conclusion 57
4 Cost curves and scale economies 58
4.1 Introduction 58
4.2 Background and methods 58
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4.3 Subjective evidence from show cards 59
4.4 Questionnaire evidence on dynamic scale economies 62
4.5 Econometric evidence from production Junction estimates 63
4.6 Conclusion 65
Appendix to chapter 4 67
5 Rankings data on financial inception 70
5.1 Introduction 70
5.2 The rankings data 70
5.3 Statistical inference on rankings data 75
5.4 Conclusion 78
Appendix to chapter 5 78
Part III Case studies 81
6 Enterprise profiles 83
6.1 Introducing seven small business enterprises 83
6.2 Profile A: furnished offices, telephone and mail services 84
6.3 Profile B: processing of rubber and plastics 88
6.4 Profile C: cleaning services 92
6.5 Profile D: manufacture and design of printed circuit boards 96
6.6 Profile E: microfilm services 100
6.7 Profile F: phototypesetting 104
6.8 Profile G: bespoke cardboard packaging 108
6.9 Conclusions 113
7 Competitive and defensive strategies 114
7.1 Introduction 114
7.2 The competitive advantage framework 115
7.3 Competitive forces 117
7.4 Structure and conduct 121
7.5 Market fragmentation 124
7.6 Competitive strategy 128
7.7 Defensive strategy 131
7.8 Conclusion 134
8 The forces of competition 135
8./ Introduction 135
8.2 Bargaining leverage of customers 139
8.3 Price sensitivity of customers 143
8.4 Suppliers 146
8.5 Potential entrants 147
8.6 Substitutes 153
8.7 Conclusion 155
Contents ix
Part IV Econometrics 157
9 Staying in business 159
9.1 Introduction 159
9.2 The model 160
9.3 The data 161
9.4 The variables 162
9.5 Staying in business estimates 166
9.6 Conclusion 170
Appendix to chapter 9 170
10 Pricing asymmetries 172
With V. Bhaskar and S. Machin
10.1 Introduction 172
10.2 Basic theory 173
10.3 Extensions of the theory 177
10.4 Modelling strategy 179
10.5 Data 181
10.6 Results on ordered probit estimates 182
10.7 Conclusion 186
11 Growth and its determinants 187
11.1 Introduction 187
11.2 The statistics of small firm growth 187
11.3 Gibrat s law and its variants 193
11.4 Determinants of growth 199
11.5 Conclusion 206
Part V Political economy 209
12 Small firms and fair trade 211
12.1 Introduction 211
72.2 Competitive advantage and fair trade 211
12.3 Defensive strategy and fair trade 212
12.4 Conclusion 215
13 Perceptions of the enterprise culture 216
13.1 Introduction 216
13.2 Seeking the enterprise culture 217
13.3 Observing enterprise 218
13.4 Participating in enterprise 219
73.5 Whither the enterprising Scot 221
13.6 Conclusion 222
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Part VI Conclusion 223
14 A small firms research agenda 225
14.1 Introduction 225
14.2 Small firms theory 225
14.3 Data acquisition and handling 233
14.4 Econometric and statistical testing 237
14.5 The political economy of small businesses 241
14.6 Conclusion 245
Appendix: Instrumentation 247
Notes 294
References 312
Index 321
Figures
2.1 A question displaying possible sequences of actions in the 25
face of a boom in demand
2.2 Descriptions of cost curves on show cards 27
2.3 Rubric used with show cards on cost curves 28
2.4 Facsimile of a page from SSI 1985 30
2.5 Forces driving industry competition 32
2.6 Flat file structure of small firms database 37
2.7 The structure of the small firms database 38
4.1 Cost curves and descriptions from show cards 61
10.1 Bertrand reaction functions for firms A and B 175
10.2 Reaction functions when firm B is capacity constrained 178
11.1 Asset growth from financial inception 189
11.2 Asset growth over three years 191
11.3 Regression of firm size 196
Tables
1.1 Stages of the field work 9
1.2 Composition of sample of small business enterprises for the 16
1985 administered questionnaire
1.3 Small business enterprises in manufacturing 17
1.4 Small business enterprises in services 19
1.5 SBE registrations for VAT purposes 21
2.1 Summary of responses to question 2.5 of the administered 26
questionnaire (AQ 1985): actions nominated by firms in the
pilot study
2.2 Outline of semi structured interview agenda (SSI 1985) 31
2.3 Outline of reinterview questionnaire (RIQ 1988) 34
3.1 Growth of the typical firm ^
4.1 Production function estimates ^4
5.1 Questions used to generate rankings data 76
5.2 Test statistics and probability levels 76
5.3 Orderings by Rank Sum (Rj) of options in table 5.1 77
6.1 Age, size, and products for seven profiles 84
7.1 Main characteristics of firms A to G 122
7.2 Checklist for fragmented markets 125
8.1 Industrial balance amongst firms A to G 1^6
8.2 SBEs products and possible uses in customers products 143
8.3 Static and dynamic scale effects for firms A to G 149
9.1 Definitions of variables used in probit equations 163
9.2 Binary probit for full set of control variables I67
9.3 Binary probit for sub set of control variables I68
9.4 Binary probit for sub set of objective variables ^ 169
10.1 Descriptive statistics on SBEs perceptions of rivals price 182
responses
10.2 Ordered probit estimates of the probability that a firm 183
believes its rivals will react to its price changes
10.3 Diagnostic tests of the preferred specification 185
10.4 Probits for SBEs with at least some strategic interaction 186
11.1 Joint distribution of age and employment 192
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11.2 Test of Law of Proportionate Effect 195
11.3 Estimates of growth, size, age models 198
11.4 Variables used in OLS and iterative 3LS estimates of 202
growth and profitability equations
11.5 OLS estimates of growth and profitability equations 203
11.6 Iterative three stage least squares estimates of growth and 205
profitability equations
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