Education + Training: Volume 46 Issue 8/9

Training and learning as drivers of US microenterprise business plan quality

This study examined the output quality of a US microenterprise training program created to help entrepreneurs develop business plans for their ventures. The program concludes with…

Family hotel businesses: strategic planning and the need for education and training

Small businesses dominate the tourism and hospitality industry worldwide and are of critical importance for the competitiveness of destinations. Small/family hotel businesses are…

A contemporary approach to entrepreneurship education

Entrepreneurial education is the process of providing individuals with the ability to recognise commercial opportunities and the insight, self‐esteem, knowledge and skills to act…

Management consulting and international business support for SMEs: need and obstacles

This paper explores the challenges involved in the development of coordinated management consulting services for small and medium‐sized international companies in the East of…

Multinational companies as a source of entrepreneurial learning: examples from the IT sector in Ireland

Entrepreneurial learning has recently become a topic of significant interest, with academics and economists alike recognising that the success of any new business venture is…

Toward an understanding of people management issues in SMEs: a South‐Eastern European perspective

The focus of this paper is on developing an understanding, and benchmarking, human resource management (HRM) issues in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South‐Eastern Europe…

Enacting entrepreneurial intent: the gaps between student needs and higher education capability

Provides a review of the gap between student's entrepreneurial needs and aspirations and the entrepreneurship education offerings within higher education institutions (HEIs) in…

Gender‐comparative use of small business training and assistance: a literature review

Undertakes a gender‐comparative review and comparison of the Australian and international literature on the use, needs and awareness of government and independent sources of…

Qualities of an effective successor: the role of education and training

Small family firms represent the predominant organizational form in Canada. They are perceived to be crucial to the development and growth of the Canadian economy. Despite this…

Small business success factors: the role of education and training

Interest in successful small businesses continues to grow, but is influenced by the different ways in which small businesses are categorised and the difficulty of defining…

Entrepreneurial learning: a practical model from the creative industries

Explores how entrepreneurial capability and identity are learned in the creative and media industries. This sector is of growing social and economic importance, and the majority…

Learning new practices in small business: engagement and localised support

Discusses the findings of a study that investigated how the learning of innovative practices might best proceed in small businesses. The recent implementation of the Goods and…

Entrepreneurship education: can business schools meet the challenge?

Examines the characteristics and role of the entrepreneur and the challenges for business schools posed by the need to develop more enterprising individuals. Argues that the…

Training and human resource issues in small e‐businesses: towards a research agenda

A great deal has been written in recent years about the internet and the emergence of e‐businesses operating in the global e‐economy. Although a small proportion of the expanding…

HRD in Small Organisation, Research and Practice

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