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The Performance of Small Firms: Profits, Jobs and Failures

Published 1 July 1987
David Storey, Kevin Keasey, Robert Watson, Pooran Wynarczyk
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Abstract

This study, originally published in 1987, addresses the question of small firm performance. Drawing on an extensive database containing financial, employment and ownership data for several thousand small firms, the book examines whether small firms do actually provide jobs, whether they grow and why small firms fail. Guidance is given on how to spot the signs of impending failure in a small business, which is of use to accountants small business PR actioners and government grant providers.

Keywords

Economics, Econometrics and Finance