Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 22 Issue 3

“Micro” versus “small” family businesses: a multinational analysis

Robert N. Lussier, Matthew C. Sonfield

The purpose of this paper is to compare “micro” enterprise (0-9 employees) to “small” enterprise (10-49 employees) family businesses with regard to 12 important managerial…

The financing of small firms in Beijing, China: exploring the extent of credit constraints

Jia Wang, Paul Robson, Mark Freel

The purpose of this paper is to utilise a sample of 384 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who applied for external finance in the Beijing area of China to investigate the…

Revisiting control aversion: the role of financiers in connecting entrepreneurs to the marketplace

Lars Silver, Nicolaus Lundahl, Björn Berggren

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of small business entrepreneurs’ relinquishment of control aversion and the impact of their interaction with external…

Entrepreneurially oriented in what? A business model approach to entrepreneurship

Jim Andersén, Torbjörn Ljungkvist, Lotten Svensson

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and argue for the necessity of deconstructing the entrepreneurship concept by analyzing entrepreneurial orientation (EO) at various…

Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension

Robert Smith

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the aesthetic dimension of entrepreneur poems. The notion of the entrepreneur as storyteller, and the entrepreneur story as cultural…

Regional entrepreneurship and the evolution of public policy and governance: Evidence from three regions

Robert Huggins, Brian Morgan, Nick Williams

Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a crucial element in fostering economic development and growth, especially at the regional level. The purpose of this paper is to…

Migrating to the cloud: Examining the drivers and barriers to adoption of cloud computing by SMEs in Ireland: an exploratory study

Eileen Doherty, Marian Carcary, Gerard Conway

Cloud computing is a relatively new phenomena. It has rarely been examined in the context of the small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper is to examine…

SMEs, environmental management and global warming: a fusion of influencing factors?

Jean Raar

Stakeholder theory provided the broad theoretical lens to explore environmental issues in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The diversity in issues examined ranged from concern…

Strategies for marketing diamonds in China from the perspective of international diamond SMEs compared to the west

Ron Berger, Ram Herstein

The Chinese diamond industry is dominated by SMEs. The purpose of this paper examines which of the three business strategies prevalent in the global diamond industry is utilized…

The development of entrepreneurial potential among higher education students

Elina Varamäki, Sanna Joensuu, Erno Tornikoski, Anmari Viljamaa

The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of how entrepreneurial potential is developed among young people. Changes in individuals’ entrepreneurial intentions and…

Managing institutional differences for international outsourcing success: The case of a small New Zealand manufacturing firm

Revti Raman Sharma, Val Lindsay, Nikki Everton

Most of the research on international outsourcing of value chain activities focuses on larger firms. The purpose of this paper is to fill an important research gap by exploring…

Editorial

Harry Matlay