Crisis plan? What crisis plan! How microentrepreneurs manage in a crisis

Alan Budge, Wilson Irvine and Robert Smith

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2008, vol. 6, issue 3, 337-354

Abstract: This inductive research study seeks to answer these research questions: (1) Do owners of successful microbusinesses react to crises unknowingly; or (2) Do they proactively manage crises? Using naturalistic observation and in-depth interviews of business owners running established businesses in rural Angus, UK, to establish their attitudes towards crisis planning and ongoing crises, this paper makes a contribution towards the literature of entrepreneurship by examining an underresearched aspect of entrepreneurial behaviour – namely crisis management in microbusinesses.

Keywords: microentrepreneurs; microbusinesses; crisis planning; crisis management scripts; bucolic entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; UK; United Kingdom; rural entrepreneurs; Scotland. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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