Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 22 Issue 1

Trust, but verify: fraud in small businesses

Bonita Kramer

– The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness about internal fraud in small businesses among small business owners, managers, and consultants.

From export entry to de-internationalisation through entrepreneurial attributes

Esteban Lafuente, Maria-Cristina Stoian, Josep Rialp

The purpose of this paper is to examine export behaviour from a broad perspective considering the influence of entrepreneurial attributes on export entry, export sustainability…

An examination of how husbands, as key stakeholders, impact the success of women entrepreneurs

Anna Nikina, Lois M. Shelton, Séverine LeLoarne

The purpose of this paper is to explore: How do changes in the role of the husband affect the marriage of a woman entrepreneur? How do changes in the marriage affect the woman…

A comparative study of regional innovative entrepreneurship in Russia and the United States

Natalia A Kravchenko, Svetlana A Kuznetsova, Almira Yusupova, Thadavillil Jithendranathan, Lorman L Lundsten, Arkady Shemyakin

– The purpose of this paper is to conduct comparative research of small innovative entrepreneurship under different types of institutional environment in Russia and the USA.

Entrepreneurial tendencies in franchising: evidence from the UK

Olufunmilola (Lola) Dada, Anna Watson, David Kirby

In spite of the important contributions of franchising to many economies, it remains unclear whether it truly provides a scope for entrepreneurial tendencies to flourish amongst…

How SMEs use trade shows to enter global value chains

Nadège Measson, Colin Campbell-Hunt

By examining SMEs’ participation in trade fairs as a way to establish network relationships within a global value chain (GVC), the purpose of this paper is to offer one example of…

Impact of ownership structure on capital structure of New Zealand unlisted firms

Nirosha Hewa Wellalage, Stuart Locke

The purpose of this paper is to use a panel of New Zealand unlisted firms from 1998 to 2009 to examine the relationship between ownership structure and firm leverage ratios…

The composition of employment in new innovative firms

Arndt Lautenschläger

The paper explores the composition of employment in new innovative firms. The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the mixture of job positions at the firm level…

Contextual and cultural determinants of entrepreneurship in pre- and post-revolutionary Tunisia: Analysing the discourse of young potential and actual entrepreneurs

Mourad Touzani, Fahd Jlassi, Adnan Maalaoui, Rabi Bel Haj Hassine

The purpose of this paper is to explore the motivations and inhibitions linked to the entrepreneurial act in Tunisia, a country belonging to the Middle East and North Africa…

Production of entrepreneurship in small business activities of students

Taina Järvi

The importance of entrepreneurship education and the lack of studies at the vocational level, have created a need to develop a model of entrepreneurship learning. The purpose of…

Editorial

Harry Z Matlay