Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 19 Issue 2

Ethnic female business owners: more female or more ethnic entrepreneurs

Panagiotis Piperopoulos

The primary objective of this study is to attempt to answer the question, even with a limited sample of interviewees, if ethnic female entrepreneurs are behaving more as “female”…

Gender and work‐life balance: a phenomenological study of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan

Sumaira Rehman, Muhammad Azam Roomi

Increased participation of women in the labor force creates challenges for them to balance work and family obligations. The situation becomes more complicated in patriarchal…

Factors impacting international entrepreneurship in Malaysia

Craig C. Julian, Zafar U. Ahmed

This article aims to analyze factors impacting international entrepreneurship in Malaysia.

The internationalisation of small games development firms: evidence from Poland and Hungary

Isobel Cunningham, Sharon Loane, Pat Ibbotson

This study aims to investigate the internationalisation strategies of small games development firms from Poland and Hungary.

SME dependence and coordination in innovation networks

Elodie Gardet, Caroline Mothe

The objective of this research is to identify and characterize the coordination systems used by SME hub firms that are in a situation of dependence with respect to other members…

Mergers between size‐unequal partners: strategic risks and hurdles

Katherine Gundolf, Olivier Meier, Audrey Missonier

This article aims to explore how and why the creation of technological innovation during a merger can end in failure. The objective is to propose new analytical elements to…

Innovation in food sector SMEs

Anahita Baregheh, Jennifer Rowley, Sally Sambrook, Daffyd Davies

This paper aims to present a profile of innovation in food sector SMEs in the UK, exploring specifically the degree and types of innovation employed, and engagement with…

Can powerful buyers “exploit” SME suppliers?

John Wyld, Geoffrey Pugh, David Tyrrall

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between SME suppliers and large buyers, and so better inform competition policy in cases where market power resides with…

Punching above their weight: the changing role of networking in SMEs

Lisa Harris, Alan Rae, Ivan Misner

This paper aims to draw upon the findings of a research project which investigated networking styles by owner/managers of small businesses. The authors' specific objective was to…

Centralisation vs de‐centralisation of warehousing: A small and medium‐sized enterprise perspective

Søren Graungaard Pedersen, Frederik Zachariassen, Jan Stentoft Arlbjørn

The purpose of this paper is to explore the major drivers behind the choice of centralising versus decentralising warehousing locations from a small‐ and medium‐sized enterprise…

Editorial

Professor Harry Matlay