Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Preface; 1: From Losers to Heroes: How to Change the Perception of Business Failure and Recognize Its Value for the Economy (Joanna Markiewicz and Leszek Gracz); 2: Economic Failure in the Process of Small Business Growth in the Context of the Shadow Economy (Edward Stawasz and Jarosław Ropęga); 3: Failure as a Barrier to Entrepreneurial New Venturing in Northern Ireland (Caroline O’Kane); 4: Business and Sustainability: Key Drivers for Business Success and Business Failure from the Perspective of Sustainable Development (Magdalena Ziolo, Filip Fidanoski, Kiril Simeonovski, Vladimir Filipovski and Katerina Jovanovska); 5: Implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Case Studies of Failures and Their Impact on the Enterprise Operation (Magdalena Malinowska and Andrzej Rzeczycki).

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A comprehensive attempt to understand the various aspects of the phenomenon of business failure.

About the Author

Joanna Markiewicz, PhD, is assistant professor in the Chair of Effectiveness of Innovation at the University of Szczecin, Poland.

Leszek Gracz, PhD, is assistant professor in the Chair of Services Marketing at the University of Szczecin, Poland.