Declínio organizacional em pequenas empresas

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate what are the main theoretical approaches and works dealing with the organizational process of decline of small businesses. The research was conducted through two studies: bibliometric research and literature review. The first study aimed to determine the main approaches and major articles on the subject of this research. The literature review aimed to catalog and investigate the envolvment of literature on decline in small businesses, using the sample obtained in the previous study. Both in the bibliometric study and the literature review, the relationship between internal and external causes is at the root of the organizational decline. This research was completed with the development of a research agenda, which aims to deepen the theme of this research through the lens of the resource-based theory and the research of resources efficient use and the degree of the business’ inertia. The contribution of this work was to expand the knowledge of the decline process in small businesses through the identification of the main theoretical aspects and works that explain it and propose a research agenda to define what is the influence of the fundamental factors driving the decline of small businesses.