| CONTENTS: | |
| Introduction | 5 |
| Strategy and Management of SMEs | |
| Juhan Teder, Erve Venesaar, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN ESTONIAN SMES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH ORIENTATION | 11 |
| Julita Wasilczuk, STRATEGY IN SMALL FIRMS | 35 |
| Waldemar Skorupski, NEW METHOD AUDITOR’S WORK SUPPORT MANAGEMENT RISK | 45 |
| Networking in Modern Economy | |
| Agata Sudolska, CREATING SYNERGY EFFECT THROUGH INTER-FIRM COOPERATION | 53 |
| Krzysztof Zięba, DETERMINANTS OF FRANCHISING OPERATION DEVELOPMENT | 63 |
| Marta Najda, THE RISKY SIDE OF THE NETWORK STRATEGY | 77 |
| Academic Entrepreneurship | |
| Piotr Dominiak, ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP – DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENCES | 91 |
| Jan Wyrwiński, UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS IN THE VICINITY OF GDAŃSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | 105 |
| Wanda Marginean, UK SCIENCE PARKS PERFORMANCE; AN ASSESSMENT OF FIRMS LOCATED IN THE OXFORD SCIENCE PARK | 119 |
| SMEs Environment | |
| Maciej Zastempowski, MACROENVIRONMENTAL AND BUSINESS FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE PROVINCE | 133 |
| Tomasz Parteka, Magdalena Popowska, INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE SMEINNOVATION-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES (FRENCH AND POLISH EXPERIENCES) | 139 |
| Paweł Głodek, CONDITIONS OF SMES BANKING FINANCE PROVISION | 159 |
| Patric Moore, NEW FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR SMES – POOLING FINANCIAL NEEDS | 169 |
| SMEs Support | |
| Asko Miettinen, FROM AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE TO A POLICY? THE CASE OF A SMALL BUSINESS MENTORING PROGRAMME | 185 |
| Marzena Starnawska, SUPPORT NETWORKS IN POLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES – MAKING FOR COOPERATION OR SUPPORT? | 193 |
| Jarosław Ropęga, METHODS OF OVERCOMING DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS IN THE SME SECTOR | 205 |
| Arnoldina Pabedinskaitė, Nelė Jurkėnaitė, E-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN LITHUANIA | 215 |
| Monika Wallmon, FAMILY MATTERS – THE COMPLEXITIES OF RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SMALL FAMILY FIRM | 229 |
