Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 28 Issue 2

The paradox of being a food artisan entrepreneur: responding to conflicting institutional logics

Jessica Lindbergh, Birgitta Schwartz

The aim of this study is to understand how artisanal food entrepreneurs acting as businesses, which are grounded in the logic of profit and growth, navigate the anti-growth…

Entrepreneurial intentions among women: does entrepreneurial training and education matters? (Pre- and post-evaluation of psychological attributes and its effects on entrepreneurial intention)

Muhammad Awais Bhatti, Mohammed A Al Doghan, Suzanie Adina Mat Saat, Ariff Syah Juhari, Mohammed Alshagawi

Researchers have been trying to identify different psychological attributes which influence entrepreneurial intention (EI) and role of entrepreneurial education and training…

Family influence and firm performance: the mediating role of stewardship

Catarina Afonso Alves, Ana Paula Matias Gama, Mário Augusto

This study examines how stewardship might mediate the influence of family ownership on firm financial performance. The authors argue that differences in financial performance may…

An exploration of the role and contribution of entrepreneurship centres in UK higher education institutions

Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Sascha Kraus, Lester Lloyd Reason

This study evaluates current and future roles of UK entrepreneurship centres (ECs) within Higher Education institutions. Literature suggests current activity in entrepreneurship…

Operationally defining family SMEs: a critical review

Paolo Roffia, Stefania Moracchiato, Eric Liguori, Sascha Kraus

In this study, we investigated the dilemma of devising an operational family business definition in the SME context. The existing family business literature mostly agrees with the…

Assessing entrepreneurial ecosystems through a strategic value network approach: evidence from the San Francisco Area

Angelo Cavallo, Antonio Ghezzi, Silvia Sanasi

The purpose of this article is to develop a model to assess entrepreneurial ecosystems. Specifically, the authors examine how to measure value creation and value capture…

Capital structure determinants of small and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Leszek Czerwonka, Jacek Jaworski

The main aim of the paper is to examine the small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) capital structure determinants in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (Poland, Czechia…

Internationalisation of developing economy small and medium-sized enterprises: social capital and learning in Palestinian pharmaceutical firms

Grace Khoury, Mira T. El-Far, Elena Noor Khoury, George Tovstiga

The paper examines the role of learning through social capital on the internationalisation process of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based within extreme contexts. The…