Hi altogether. I am searching for a Master or PhD Thesis/Dissertation (or other major scientific work/paper) about the topic Strategic Management (and/or Marketing) in small and medium enterprises - (or) especially in Start-Ups/new firms/new ventures Where can I find out if such a thing does exist, and if it does so, where and how could I get/pursue it? (I had a look in Proquest but did not find anything... Are there other sources?) Thank you so much for your help, have a greet week-end altogether. Cheers, master
This is a huge area, probably thousands out there. Go to your local university, or if a current student, go into the online dissertation area. There are a few sites out there. Google is the best way to find them.
@Mike: thank you, but as a European student I don´t have full access, but can only search through the last 2 (!) years (and not to full-text also), and that´s not at all enough to really find something... ;( @Han: really? do you think there are so many (scientific) texts about strategic management in new/young firms? Gosh, why don´t I find them??? I´d really, really appreciate more help (since research on English language sources is very new to me). My local university does not help me, since there are not so many English language texts here... - that´s the big problem. Thanks anyway for your help, you two, and for the others - are there more sources you know? Cheers! m
What specifically are you looking for, how to manage a young firm: motivate employees, executive leadership styles, organizational cultures, structures of organziations, diversity, strategic vision, etc. etc. If you have a specific topic in mind, I can do a search and get some information for you. Let me know.
@ Han: not too much about leadership, a little more about organizational cultures and structure, a little about ´the entrepreneur´, and the majority about how ´classical´ strategic planning (or management) - particularly the instruments (SWOT, portfolio, etc.) - can be transferred to new firms... If you find something, that would be great! Thanks for the offer anyway. Regards, m.