TY - BOOK AU - Deakins,David AU - Freel,Mark S. TI - Entrepreneurship and small firms SN - 0077099931 [paperback] PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Great Britain KW - Small business KW - Management KW - New business enterprises N1 - Previous edition: 1999; Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Chapter 1. The entrepreneur: concepts and evidence -- Chapter 2. Entrepreneurial activity, the small firm and the UK economy: an entrepreneurial revolution? -- Chapter 3. Issues in business start-up -- Chapter 4. Ethnic minority entrepreneurship -- Chapter 5. Sources of finance: overview of issues and debt finance -- Chapter 6. Sources of venture finance -- Chapter 7. Innovationa and entrepreneurship -- Chapter 8. E-business, the small firm and the knowledge-based economy, by Professor William Keogh and Dr Laura Galloway -- Chapter 9. Enterprise support and government policy -- Chapter 10. Entrepreneurial and growth firms -- Chapter 11. International entrepreneurship and the global economy -- Chapter 12. Preparation for business start-up: research, design and implementation of business plans ER -