Offering a new understanding of familiar material, this book looks at small businesses from a knowledge perspective. Exploring how knowledge management can affect both the behaviour and performance of small businesses, Gray examines the significance of knowledge management over the different stages of the life-cycle of a business, looking at its importance during the emergence, growth and development of a small firm.
Offering a new understanding of familiar material, this new volume looks at small businesses from a knowledge perspective, exploring how knowledge management can affect both the behaviour and performance of small businesses.
1. Introduction: Knowing the Small Firm
2. Genesis
3. Transformation
4.
Product Success
5. Performance
6. Learning from Experience
Colin Gray is the Head of the Innovation, Knowledge and Enterprise academic centre at the Open University, UK.