Just for Starters

Michael Edwards

A practical and detailed survey of opportunities in the UK market. A general review of start-up possibilities, including statistical surveys of nearly 100 industry sectors, is followed by profiles of about 30 industries.

Industrial Employment through Appropriate Technology

Alan Bollard

This paper outlines the role that appropriate technology can play in employment generation in the industrialized West, and is illustrated with examples of technologies already in industrial operation and the policies designed to support them.

Small Beginnings

Alan Bollard

Looks at the role of small firms and employment-generating technologies in reviving the economy. Includes studies of brewing, printing, brick-making, woollen textiles, plastic recycling, repair and servicing garages, and small-scale cheese production.

Jobs from Junks

Jon Vogler

Presents a method of creating employment and cleaning up cities in developing countries by dismantling derelict cars. Includes a curriculum for a short training course in cutting up cars and instructions about selling the recovered materials and parts.

Developing Small-scale Industries in India

Marilyn Carr

A detailed analysis, with case histories, of the Birla Institute of Technology. Their fifteen-year experience in developing and assisting small industries has become a classic example of how to approach the problem of developing small-scale industry in a truly integrated way.

Office Management for Co-operatives

Arnold Pacey

This self-teaching text deals with the principle of office management, staffing and control, as well as the essential records, files, and accommodation required to run a co-operative efficiently. This is of use to the managers of both large and small co-operatives.

An Introduction to Co-operatives

Trevor Bottomley

Co-operatives can bring prosperity to those who join them, but only if the members know how a Co-operative works. This book has been written to help you to be an active member of a successful Co-operative.To use the book, work in this way. First read each section in a chapter on your own, testing yo...

Small Enterprises in Developing Countries

Malcolm Harper, Tom Soon

A collection of conclusions based on case studies for small enterprises

Technology for a Changing World

John Davis

Roger England

This book has been compiled from John Davis' writings by Roger England in order that a wider group of people at home and overseas may see in simple outlines some of the most significant issues that have emerged in the course of this project - the search for more appropriate ways of meeting the mater...

Co-operative Organization

B Youngjohns

A useful introduction describing how co-operatives are formed, how they work, what the legal implications are, and what role they play in development.