Gambling on Growth: How to Manage the Small High-tech Firm

John Wiley & Sons. Very Good/Good. 1992. Hard Cover. 8vo 0471935581 Dust jacket tear to bottom of spine. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling. No ownership marks. 319 pages clean and tight. All small high-tech firms have to learn to adapt to constant changes in technology, market demand and competition. If the firm is really successful and expands quickly, the problem of adaptation is magnified many times. This book integrates both the strategic and organizational issues facing small high-tech firms. It is built around the theme of how fragile and vulnerable these firms are and what management should do to reduce their vulnerability and thereby improve their chance of success. Small high-tech firms require a different management approach from that commonly used in either large firms or small firms that are not technology driven. Based on case studies and research carried out with over 100 firms in Europe and the United States, this book explores the strategies and organizational practices used by some of the more successful small high-tech firms, and explains why successful growth is hard to achieve and difficult to sustain. Gambling on Growth will he of enormous benefit to managers and directors of small and medium-sized technology-based firms. It will also be of interest to bankers, venture capitalists and consultants who are involved with such firms and to the strategic planning departments of larger companies. Students on MBA courses or those interested in small-business management and entrepreneurship will find this book of great interest. .