Big is beautiful : debunking the myth of small business / Robert D. Atkinson

Public ISBD Titre : Big is beautiful : debunking the myth of small business Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Robert D. Atkinson, Auteur ; Michael Lind, Auteur Editeur : MIT Press Année de publication : 2018 Importance : ix, 352 p ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-262-03770-9 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Entreprise individuelle Etats-Unis d'Amérique PME Mots-clés : United States  Big Business  Small Business  Employee fringe benefits Index. décimale : 338.64 Taille des entreprises (dimension des entreprises, diverses tailles des entreprises privées) Résumé : Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation. In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. American democracy does not depend on the existence of brave bands of self-employed citizens. Small businesses are not systematically discriminated against by government policy makers. Rather, Atkinson and Lind argue, small businesses are not the font of jobs, because most small businesses fail. The only kind of small firm that contributes to technological innovation is the technological start-up, and its success depends on scaling up. The idea that self-employed citizens are the foundation of democracy is a relic of Jeffersonian dreams of an agrarian society. And governments, motivated by a confused mix of populist and free market ideology, in fact go out of their way to promote small business. Every modern president has sung the praises of small business, and every modern president, according to Atkinson and Lind, has been wrong. Pointing to the advantages of scale for job creation, productivity, innovation, and virtually all other economic benefits, Atkinson and Lind argue for a “size neutral” policy approach both in the United States and around the world that would encourage growth rather than enshrine an anachronism. If we overthrow the “small is beautiful” ideology, we will be able to recognize large firms as the engines of progress and prosperity that they are. Note de contenu : Part I. History and present trends. Belittled : how small became beautiful -- Why business got big : a brief history -- Understanding US firm size and dynamics -- Part II. The advantages of size. The bigger the better : the economics of firm size -- Small business job creation : myth versus reality -- The myth of the genius in the garage : big innovation -- Small business in a big world -- Part III. Politics and policy. A republic, if you can keep it : big business and democracy -- The strange career of antitrust -- Brandeis is back : the fall and rise of the antimonopoly tradition -- Has big business gotten too big? -- Small business cronyism : policies favoring small business -- Living with giants. Big is beautiful : debunking the myth of small business [texte imprimé] / Robert D. Atkinson, Auteur ; Michael Lind, Auteur . - [S.l.] : MIT Press, 2018 . - ix, 352 p. ISBN : 978-0-262-03770-9 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Entreprise individuelle Etats-Unis d'Amérique PME Mots-clés : United States  Big Business  Small Business  Employee fringe benefits Index. décimale : 338.64 Taille des entreprises (dimension des entreprises, diverses tailles des entreprises privées) Résumé : Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation. In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small business is not responsible for most of the country's job creation and innovation. American democracy does not depend on the existence of brave bands of self-employed citizens. Small businesses are not systematically discriminated against by government policy makers. Rather, Atkinson and Lind argue, small businesses are not the font of jobs, because most small businesses fail. The only kind of small firm that contributes to technological innovation is the technological start-up, and its success depends on scaling up. The idea that self-employed citizens are the foundation of democracy is a relic of Jeffersonian dreams of an agrarian society. And governments, motivated by a confused mix of populist and free market ideology, in fact go out of their way to promote small business. Every modern president has sung the praises of small business, and every modern president, according to Atkinson and Lind, has been wrong. Pointing to the advantages of scale for job creation, productivity, innovation, and virtually all other economic benefits, Atkinson and Lind argue for a “size neutral” policy approach both in the United States and around the world that would encourage growth rather than enshrine an anachronism. If we overthrow the “small is beautiful” ideology, we will be able to recognize large firms as the engines of progress and prosperity that they are. Note de contenu : Part I. History and present trends. Belittled : how small became beautiful -- Why business got big : a brief history -- Understanding US firm size and dynamics -- Part II. The advantages of size. The bigger the better : the economics of firm size -- Small business job creation : myth versus reality -- The myth of the genius in the garage : big innovation -- Small business in a big world -- Part III. Politics and policy. A republic, if you can keep it : big business and democracy -- The strange career of antitrust -- Brandeis is back : the fall and rise of the antimonopoly tradition -- Has big business gotten too big? -- Small business cronyism : policies favoring small business -- Living with giants.

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The decision-making process in the internationalization of companies / Olivier Lamotte

Public ISBD Titre : The decision-making process in the internationalization of companies Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Olivier Lamotte, Directeur de thèse ; Caroline Adam, Candidat ; Emilie Mirgalet, Auteur Editeur : PSB Année de publication : 2018 Importance : 65 p Note générale : mémoire Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Entreprise multinationale PME Prise de décision Mots-clés : Decision-making  SME  MNE  internationalization  TPE  multinationale Index. décimale : 658.4 Application de la gestion (stratégie d'entreprise) Résumé : This study aims to analyze what were the determinants of the internationalization decision-making process. We chose to focus on both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large firms (MNEs) in the purpose of comparing each of their factors. After exploring the different factors evoked by many authors before us through the literature review, we decided to analyze further this subject by doing qualitive methodology. Indeed, we conducted 5 interviews of both entrepreneurs and international managers. We assessed our data through intra-interviews analysis followed by a cross-interviews analysis. Therefore, we found out that there are some common factors within SMEs and MNEs. However, they have not the same influence. For instance, logistical costs are more important aspect to consider for managers in the MNEs. What the authors didn’t mention is that the political stability, the economic situation of a country and the reliability of data are also main factors to consider before the internationalization of a company. The decision-making process in the internationalization of companies [texte imprimé] / Olivier Lamotte, Directeur de thèse ; Caroline Adam, Candidat ; Emilie Mirgalet, Auteur . - [S.l.] : PSB, 2018 . - 65 p. mémoire Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Entreprise multinationale PME Prise de décision Mots-clés : Decision-making  SME  MNE  internationalization  TPE  multinationale Index. décimale : 658.4 Application de la gestion (stratégie d'entreprise) Résumé : This study aims to analyze what were the determinants of the internationalization decision-making process. We chose to focus on both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large firms (MNEs) in the purpose of comparing each of their factors. After exploring the different factors evoked by many authors before us through the literature review, we decided to analyze further this subject by doing qualitive methodology. Indeed, we conducted 5 interviews of both entrepreneurs and international managers. We assessed our data through intra-interviews analysis followed by a cross-interviews analysis. Therefore, we found out that there are some common factors within SMEs and MNEs. However, they have not the same influence. For instance, logistical costs are more important aspect to consider for managers in the MNEs. What the authors didn’t mention is that the political stability, the economic situation of a country and the reliability of data are also main factors to consider before the internationalization of a company.