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Early Warning Systems for Crisis Management in SMEs

Author(s): Anna Dębicka
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: early warning systems; crisis; crisis management; SMEs

Summary/Abstract: Early warning system plays an important role for crisis management in SMEs, in particularrelating to the detection of weak signals from the external and internal environment,which allows the prediction and prevention of crisis situations in the company. The articlediscusses an early warning system and its functions, the procedure for implementing an earlywarning system, and describes the process of detection of warning signals. It also presents theresults of studies that show that the majority of small enterprises do not use any warning tool,while the number of companies which apply warning tools increases with the size of thecompany.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 116
  • Page Range: 538-547
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish