Books reviewed: David Collins, Management Fads and Buzzwords: Critical-Practical Perspectives Andrew Pendleton, Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance: A Study of ESOP's in the UK Denise Thursfield, Post-Fordism and Skill: Theories and Perceptions Vernon M. Briggs Jr., Immigration and...

In this chapter we explore the relationship between small firms' growth orientation, their business planning efforts and the role the owner plays and whether or not formal HRM practices are used. Formal HRM practices are assessed in terms of whether they are written down, regularly applied or...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reality of financial and management accounting in a small group of small firms. Specifically, from the owner's perspective, an exploration is undertaken to see what financial information is collected, how it is used (or not) to make...

In recent years there has been a growing literature on human resource management (HRM) and smaller firms which has also encompassed firms that are growing and entrepreneurial. For example we have seen a special edition of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Katz et aI., 2000), two of Human...