International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 4 Issue 2

Entrepreneurial context and behaviour in SMEs: An investigation of two contrasting manufacturing firms

David Kirk

This paper examines the entrepreneurial decision making of two manufacturing enterprises, a Scottish telecommunications component producer and a Polish marine pump manufacturer…

Ansoff’s Matrix, pain and gain: Growth strategies and adaptive learning among small food producers

Gerald Watts, Jason Cope, Michael Hulme

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between learning, strategy and growth in small food producing firms using Ansoff’s strategy matrix as a framework and explores the…

An organisational learning perspective to enhancing understanding of people management in small businesses

Peter Wyer, Jane Mason

The contemporary business environment is characterised by unknowable, unpredictable open‐ended change. This article, portraying the small business as a potential unique…

The learning organisation in small and medium‐sized enterprises: A destination or a journey?

Richard Choueke, Roger Armstrong

This paper is a consequence of several years of research and management learning activity with small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), which focused on the development of the…

Strategic and operational planning attitudinal changes and the survival and growth of business start‐ups revisited: Management training matters

Tom Schamp, Dirk Deschoolmeester

The outcome of this research is twofold. First of all, it gives the reader insight in the evolution of the main activities, and the growth pattern of two groups of surviving small…

Strategic Entrepreneurship

Alistair R. Anderson

Learning and the entrepreneur

David Deakins