One of the most misunderstood components of valuing a small closely-held business is how to address the impact of small size. Most closely-held enterprises are relatively small in size, with market values less than $1million. Many small mom and pop operations, or single owner-operator family...

Introduction / Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles -- Trust, institutions and entrepreneurship / Hernando de Soto -- Poor peoples' knowledge: helping poor people to earn from their own intellectual property / J. Michael Finger -- Institutional development and entrepreneurship in a transition...

The relationship between divorce and the short-term financial performance of closely held family businesses is studied. Following a general discussion of the effects of divorce on family businesses and the degree to which divorce may be considered an entrepreneurial crisis, a number of...