Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 24 Issue 4

Exploring the role of employee voice between high-performance work system and organizational innovation in small and medium enterprises

Employee voice has emerged as a strong predictor of positive organizational outcomes. Grounding the theoretical model in resource-based theory; this study conceptualizes how…

Improving the external financing in independent high-tech SMEs: Does the foreign ownership matter?

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of foreign venture capital (VC)/private equity (PE) ownership and other types of foreign investors on the access to external…

Institutional framework and entrepreneurial failure

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of the institutional environment on entrepreneurial failure of certain characteristics, both formal (regulatory complexity…

Antecedent and outcomes of innovation-based growth strategies for exporting SMEs

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the antecedent and outcomes of different types of innovation as complementary growth strategies, which may enable exporting small- to…

Succession in family business: multi-source perspectives

Despite the extensive breadth of research into the critical challenge of succession in family business, generational succession in family business has been investigated from…

Does transitioning from family to non-family controlled firm influence internationalization?

The purpose of this paper is to study the internationalization of family firms, exploring specifically if the transition from family control to non-family control (losing family…

Developing knowledge from entrepreneurial actions – toward a taxonomy

The purpose of this paper is to enrich our understanding of entrepreneurs’ daily deeds, tasks and activities. The research investigates the ways in which entrepreneurs seize…

Exploring suitability of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises in India

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India.

Barriers of entrepreneurial intention among Qatari male students

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of psychological and institutional factors on the entrepreneurial intention among Qatari male students. Qatar has the world…

The impact of personal attitudes on the growth ambitions of small business owners

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical evidence in support of widespread calls for new approaches to understanding small business growth, by exploring the use of…

The strength of the board on sustainability assurance decisions: The moderating role of family business

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how family ownership influences the strength of the board’s monitoring function in companies’ decisions regarding the assurance of…

Internationalization and innovation in nascent companies: does gender matter?

The purpose of this paper is to explore the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs in terms of internationalization and innovation. Supported by a resource-based framework of…

Entrepreneurial perceptions and bias of SME exporting opportunities for manufacturing exporters: A UK study

Success in export ventures has been linked to managerial capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of exporting motivators on managerial perceptions of…

Effectuation, an emerging theory of entrepreneurship – towards a mature stage of the development

The purpose of this paper is to address the stages of development of effectuation theory and highlight the progression from the early years’ conceptual articles to the recent…

The influence of conflict and intuition on explorative new products and performance in SMEs

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of conflict and intuition on explorative new products and performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The effect of family business professionalization on dividend payout

The topic of dividend policies of private family-controlled firms has aroused the interest of corporate finance and governance scholars and practitioners alike. However, a lot of…

Re-thinking SME disadvantage in public procurement

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firm size, resources, capabilities and involvement in public procurement. While the liability of smallness has…

Engaged scholarship: Encouraging interactionism in entrepreneurship and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) research

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a multi-layered theoretical framework to enable engaged scholarship to develop as a practice in entrepreneurship and small business…

Social media, an entrepreneurial opportunity for agriculture-based enterprises

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the current use of social media in agriculture. The primary focus of the research is to understand the messages and compare social media…

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