The authors have assembled a vast body of census data to address cutting-edge issues in
entrepreneurship, immigration, urban studies, economic sociology, and social policy. In a …

The second edition of The Dynamics of Employee Relations provides a thorough and up-to-
date analysis of the changes and underlying continuities occurring in employee relations. It …

When this book was first published in 1991, political ideology had thrust small-firm issues to
the forefront of attempts to revitalize the British economy. In the Thatcher years the emphasis …

Originally published in 1989, this book analyses the economic and political position of the
small firm in the 1980s, and in particular the relationship between small and large firms in an …

Developing Successful Worker Co-operatives gives a complete view of the worker co-
operative movement in Britain and shows how with the right procedures, attitudes and …

Indications are that the long-term decline of self-employment has come to a halt in the 1970s
in the advanced industrialized economies. In this paper, we challenge the currently popular …

This article explores the historical trajectory of the self-employed segment of the labor force
in the United States, particularly since 1940. Self-employment declined in the United States …

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This paper takes a critical look at current research on buyer-supplier relations and argues
that the research to date is limited in its helpfulness in understanding contemporary changes …

The success of small manufacturing firms is premised on their ability to develop alternative
organizational strategies. This research, centered in Modena, a province of 600,000 located …