Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses
Lawrence A. Nicholson
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Description for Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses
Hardback. Num Pages: 149 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; KJU; KJVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
This engaging book fills a substantial gap in the understanding of Caribbean enterprises, focusing upon FOBs (family-owned businesses) about which, despite accounting for 70% of private sector employment in the region, very little is known. Concentrating on MSMEs which represent the majority of FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean, the authors compare and contrast their experiences to those in developed countries, focusing in particular on areas such as family business succession, business financing and marketing. Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise provides context-specific lessons from a historical perspective of business and entrepreneurship, which in turn provide an understanding of the current issues facing ... Read more
This engaging book fills a substantial gap in the understanding of Caribbean enterprises, focusing upon FOBs (family-owned businesses) about which, despite accounting for 70% of private sector employment in the region, very little is known. Concentrating on MSMEs which represent the majority of FOBs in the English-speaking Caribbean, the authors compare and contrast their experiences to those in developed countries, focusing in particular on areas such as family business succession, business financing and marketing. Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise provides context-specific lessons from a historical perspective of business and entrepreneurship, which in turn provide an understanding of the current issues facing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349948789
SKU
V9781349948789
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Lawrence A. Nicholson
Lawrence A. Nicholson is a lecturer and Head of the Decision Sciences and Information System Unit at the Mona School of Business and Management, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He holds a PhD. in Decision and Information Sciences and has published in the areas of supply chain management and family-owned businesses. ... Read more
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