Small Business Management and Control of the Uncertain External Environment (Advanced Strategies in Entrepreneurship, Education and Ecology)

This edited collection investigates the potential impact of long-term planning and strategic awareness on the ability of SMEs to remain competitive in a highly competitive world. The authors and editors demonstrate that whether SMEs are able to identify and act upon externally imposed forces and factors, or not, is the defining indicator of their likelihood to struggle, survive, or even thrive. Outlining the integral development opportunities or threats to existing business activity inherent to the external environment, this book offers a multidisciplinary insight, which brings together different lenses to explore a range of cutting-edge themes from both research and practitioner perspectives. The book also looks ahead, examining the broad market reaction to external forces in order to predict future implications.

Given the significance of SMEs for the global economy, the range of different views offered, including but not limited to people management, entrepreneurship and education, provide genuine insights for a diversity of audiences and readers.

Stavros Sindakis is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at the University of Sharjah, UAE.

Antonia Koumproglou is a Lecturer and Module Leader in Business Management and Organizational Behaviour modules at Coventry University London, UK.

Vlasios Sarantinos is Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England, UK.

Peter Wyer is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge, UK.