Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 1 Issue 1

THE SME SECTOR, THE SINGLE MARKET AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DGXXIII POLICIES

Alan Mulhern

The European Commission has developed a formal enterprise policy with respect to SMEs. It acknowledges that the SMEs play a vital role in the Community's economy employing two…

THE ROLE OF THE TECs IN SUPPORTING SMEs IN ENGLAND

Grahame Boocock, David Lauder, John Presley

Before assessing the role of the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in supporting small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in England, this paper highlights the importance…

TOWARDS A PROFILE OF THE VISIONARY LEADER

Bill Richardson, Anthea Gregory, Sara Turton

This paper seeks to address the important modern management issue of vision management. In particular, it attempts to provide examples of, and to differentiate between three…

THINKING ABOUT GROWTH: A COGNITIVE MAPPING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Mark Jenkins

In the United States research undertaken by Birch (1979) produced the notable finding that firms employing fewer than 20 employees accounted for 66% of all net new jobs in the US…

BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT: THE APPRAISAL AND FINANCING OF NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES IN SMEs

Sarah Austin

The exploitation of new manufacturing technologies by large organisations is placing increasing pressures on the ability of SMEs to compete, since they enable large firms to…

INTRODUCING SECOND GENERATION MANAGEMENT

David Hall

A new management ‘system’ has been developed which is so comprehensive and integrated that it provides a new direction in management thinking. On the basis of real‐life…

SMALL FIRMS AND THE PROSPECT OF RECOVERY: A NOTE ON POLICY

Francis Chittenden

There has been a trickle of recent evidence that the current recession is coming to an end. From a number of perspectives it may be argued that it is fortunate that the pace of…