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COGS 2009: challenges and opportunities for growth and sustainability in the North West

- Document type
- Report
- Corporate author(s)
- Northwest Regional Development Agency
- Publisher
- Delta Economics
- Date of publication
- 1 November 2009
- Subject(s)
- Small business & enterprise: the practicalities of running a small business and the theory of entrepreneurship, Management & leadership: including strategy, public sector management, operations and production
- Collection
- Business and management
- Material type
- Reports
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The financial and economic crises did not originate in the entrepreneurial or small business sector yet across the world, these companies, often with less than 50 employees have been affected by a fall in consumer demand, increased difficulties in accessing finance and uncertainty about the full extent of the crisis. In response, research conducted as part of the UK-wide Challenges and Opportunities for Growth and Sustainability (COGS) research suggests that they have tightened up their business models, reduced costs, bootstrapped their operations and chosen caution over rapid and unsustainable growth.
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