CONTENTS: Introduction 5 Strategy and Management of SMEs Juhan Teder, Erve Venesaar, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN ESTONIAN SMES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH ORIENTATION 11 Julita Wasilczuk, STRATEGY IN SMALL FIRMS 35 Waldemar Skorupski, NEW METHOD AUDITOR’S WORK SUPPORT MANAGEMENT RISK 45 Networking in Modern Economy Agata Sudolska, CREATING SYNERGY EFFECT THROUGH INTER-FIRM COOPERATION 53 Krzysztof Zięba, DETERMINANTS OF FRANCHISING OPERATION DEVELOPMENT 63 Marta Najda, THE RISKY SIDE OF THE NETWORK STRATEGY 77 Academic Entrepreneurship Piotr Dominiak, ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP – DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENCES 91 Jan Wyrwiński, UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS IN THE VICINITY OF GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 105 Wanda Marginean, UK SCIENCE PARKS PERFORMANCE; AN ASSESSMENT OF FIRMS LOCATED IN THE OXFORD SCIENCE PARK 119 SMEs Environment Maciej Zastempowski, MACROENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE PROVINCE 133 Tomasz Parteka, Magdalena Popowska, INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SMEINNOVATION-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES (FRENCH AND POLISH EXPERIENCES) 139 Paweł Głodek, CONDITIONS OF SMES BANKING FINANCE PROVISION 159 Patric Moore, NEW FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR SMES – POOLING FINANCIAL NEEDS 169 SMEs Support Asko Miettinen, FROM AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE TO A POLICY? THE CASE OF A SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING PROGRAMME 185 Marzena Starnawska, SUPPORT NETWORKS IN POLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES – MAKING FOR COOPERATION OR SUPPORT? 193 Jarosław Ropęga, METHODS OF OVERCOMING DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS IN THE SME SECTOR 205 Arnoldina Pabedinskaite, Nele Jurkenaite, E-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN LITHUANIA 215 Monika Wallmon, FAMILY MATTERS – THE COMPLEXITIES OF RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SMALL FAMILY FIRM 229 | |