Small manufacturing business in Northern Ireland
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Bates, James, and Bell, Maeve. 'Small manufacturing business in Northern Ireland'. - Dublin: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland,Vol. XXII, Part V, 1972/1973, pp162-187Download Item:
Abstract:
Small businesses play a vital role in the economy of Northern
Ireland. In manufacturing industry 1,252 out of a total of 1,542 establishments
employ fewer than 100 people. The Bolton Committee commissioned a great deal of
valuable research into the problems of small businesses in Great Britain,
but these researches did not extend to Northern Ireland. In order to make a start in filling in some of the gaps the authors
designed a pilot survey to collect and analyse information on some of the
operations of a number of small manufacturing businesses, to find out what
the owners and managers regarded as their chief difficulties and problems. The main problem areas about which information was sought were
management, finance, marketing, labour relations, training, and the use
of advisory services.
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Read before the Society, 30 April 1973
Author: Bates, James; Bell, Maeve
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Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. XXII, Part V, 1972/1973
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