Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Economics and Management of Small Business
Graham Bannock · 2005
71/100
👍 Worth It
Graham Bannock has real chops - he co-authored the long-running Penguin Dictionary of Economics and consulted for the World Bank and OECD - and this textbook takes a genuinely international, comparative look at small business policy rather than the usual single-country view. It's academic in register, built more for students and researchers than a Saturday-morning read, but it's credible and well-constructed for what it is.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing68
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers30
Age-fit70
Human-eye read62
Penny’s verdict71
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