Interview Results

• Thomas Henschel

The questionnaire findings have led to interesting relationships which need further deepening. As indicated in Chapter 3, the research interviews particularly investigated the influence of management behaviour on the risk management in SMEs. Section 5.2 explores quantitative interview issues. This part covers the same risk management aspects as the corresponding questionnaire in Section 4.3. In view of the sample size, the quantitative interview data are merely analysed by methods of descriptive statistics. Similar to the questionnaire approach, scoring variables to judge risk management abilities are constructed (Section 5.3). Then, being specific for the interview approach, the moderating effect of management behaviour on the establishing and maintaining of risk management is discussed (Section 5.4). The research interviews were carried out from April 2005 until January 2006. A total of 38 firms were interviewed. All interviews were held in the presence of the managing director or at least one of his deputies. The interview schedule, which is also the base for the presentation of the results of this chapter, is displayed in the Appendix I.

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