The competitiveness of small firms / Cliff Pratten.
By: Pratten, C. F. (Clifford Frederick)
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BookSeries: Occasional papers (University of Cambridge. Dept. of Applied Economics) ; 57.Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991Description: xvi, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 052140035X .Subject(s): Small business -- Great Britain | Competition | Economies of scaleDDC classification: 338.642 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 338.642 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010593 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.642 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010592 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Competitiveness of Small Firms & the Economies of Scale analyzes the practical sources of competitiveness of more than one hundred small firms in the computer, machinery, building, electrical & electronics, instruments, chemicals & food industries. The competition faced by the small firms, the sources of their competitiveness, the handicaps they encounter when competing with larger firms & the effects on their costs of increasing their output are described. The book provides proprietors of existing small firms & those planning to set up small firms in the manufacturing industry with detailed information about competitiveness. Completion of the internal EEC market is seen as a way of increasing the competitiveness of European firms with American & Japanese firms.
Bibliography: (pages 252-255) and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Part II: The survey -- Part III: The industry studies -- Part IV: Conclusions.