Småföretags investeringsbeslut inom dagligvaruhandeln : En studie om hur småföretag inom dagligvaruhandeln investerar och hanterar risker

Sammanfattning: Purpose: The purpose is to create an understanding of the approaches that small business decision makers implement and what reasoning they use for investment projects. Furthermore, it should also provide an insight into how the companies' risk management that is associated with it goes to. Method: The method used in this essay is a method combination of both a qualitative and a quantitative character with a deductive approach. The study is based on both primary and secondary data, where the data collected is from the databases SöderScholar, Google Scholar and Jstor. Empiri: The study is based on four small businesses in the grocery trade that were interviewed as well as an additional 82 small companies that participated in a survey. Conclusion: The study showed that gender, age and experience had an impact on investment propensity, while education level had no impact on investment propensity. The study further showed that all four companies interviewed had an investment process that they followed. The survey showed that 75 of 82 respondents had an investment process that they followed. In addition, all interviewed companies had a risk management plan.