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| Author: | McMahon, R. G. P. |
| Title: | An Exploratory Study of Under - and Over-Investment amongst Manufacturing SMEs from Australia's Business Longitudinal Survey |
| Journal: | International Small Business Journal
2003 : FEB, VOL. 21:1, p. 29-54 |
| Index terms: | SMALL BUSINESS MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES RESEARCH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY INVESTMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The principal objective in this exploratory article is to examine the financial problems of under- and over- investing in a longitudinal panel of 871 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Australian manufacturing sector. A novel research method for identifying sub-samples of potentially under-investing and over-investing SMEs is employed. Demographic and financial profiling reveals that under-investment is most likely to be evident in what are referred to in the SME research literature as life-style businesses. On the other hand, over-investment is most likely to be evident in what are referred to in the SME research literature as capped growth businesses. |
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