Employment, the Small Firm and the Labour Market - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415100356 ISBN 13 : 9780415100359

Editeur : Cengage Learning EMEA, 1993

Synopsis

Few would deny that the "enterprise culture" drive in the 1980s gained its impetus from the perceived role of small firms in creating employment. This volume provides a rigorous examination of key issues relating to employment in small businesses. These include analysis of the true extent of job creation provided by small firms, the relative "quality" of jobs in small firms, the growth of self-employment during the 1980s and the way in which the small firm interacts with its local labour markets. These issued are examined in an international context, with comparative examples given from the United States, the UK and Europe. The research presented in these essays provides little support for many of the tenets of public policy towards small firms which focused on employment creation during the 1980s. It suggests instead that many government policies such as taxation may in fact have had the reverse effect to that intended. This volume will be relevant to current economic developments. It should be of particular interest to students of small business studies, economics, employment studies and public policy.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

1. Small Firms and Employment John Atkinson and David Storey 2. Running to Stand Still: The Small Firm in the Labour Market John Atkinson and Nigel Meager 3. Employers’ Work-Force Construction Policies in the Small Service Sector Enterprise John Kitching 4. Labour Market Support and Guidance for the Small Business John Atkinson 5. Labour Intensive Practices in the Ethnic Minority firm Trevor Jones, David McEvoy and Giles Barrett 6. Employment and Labour Process Changes in Manufacturing SMEs During the 1980s David North, David Smallbone and Roger Leigh 7. Employment in Small Firms: Are Cooperatives Different? Evidence from Southern Europe Will Bartlett 8. Generating Enterprise and Employment in Disadvantaged Urban Areas Alan McGregor and Ruth Fletcher 9. The Characteristics of the Self-Employed: The Supply of Labour Hedley Rees and Anup Shah

Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume provides a rigorous examination of key issues relating to employment in small businesses. These include an anlysis of the true extent of job crreation provided by small firms, the rleative quality of jobs in small firms, the growth of self-employment during the 1980s and the way in which the small firm interacts with its local labour markets. These issues are examined in an international context, wth comparative examples from the USA, the UK and Europe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415100356
• ISBN 13: 9780415100359
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Atkinson John, Storey D.J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible