Battisti, Martina and Deakins, David and Roxas, Hernan Banjo and Coetzer, Alan (2010) Management capability: perspectives from New Zealand small firms: report from BusinesSMEasure 2009. Project Report. Massey University, New Zealand Centre for SME Research , Wellington, New Zealand. [Report]
Abstract
Empirical evidence suggests that improving the management skills of owner-managers of SMEs contributes to their survival and growth, and that there is considerable scope for further improvement in skills and competences of owner-managers. In particular, small firm owner-managers’ capability to manage regulation is considered to be important and is of continuous concern for policy makers.
There is limited research internationally (Clarke et al 2006; Downs 1999) and particularly in New Zealand that contributes to a more situational and contextual understanding of how small firm owner-managers acquire their management knowledge and skills and the factors
that affect their capability to manage regulation.
To this end, the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) commissioned a study to assess the nature of management development of small firm owner-managers in New Zealand and
to specifically assess small firm owner-managers’ capability to manage regulation.
The study formed part of BusinesSMEasure, a yearly longitudinal study of SMEs in New Zealand, targeted specifically to survey micro and small sized firms.
The number of firms that completed the survey was 1539. Fifty-eight percent of these firms were micro (0 – 5 FTEs)1 40 percent were small (6 – 49 FTEs) and 2 percent were medium (50 – 99 FTEs). About two thirds of the firms operated in the services sector while the remainder were from the manufacturing and primary sectors.
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| Item Type: | Report (Project Report) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | This report was prepared and submitted to the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development being the funding agency of the project. Please refer to url for paper. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Management and Marketing |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2011 00:22 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2011 04:38 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SMEs; management capability |
| Fields of Research : | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150314 Small Business Management 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150312 Organisational Planning and Management |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | B Economic Development > 91 Economic Framework > 9104 Management and Productivity > 910402 Management |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/7603 |
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