Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 25 Issue 1

Coopetition among nascent craft breweries: a value chain analysis

David J. Flanagan, Douglas A. Lepisto, Laurel F. Ofstein

The purpose of this paper is to employ an inductive approach to explore how small, nascent, firms in the craft brewing industry use cooperative behaviours with direct competitors…

Entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development: A systematic literature review

Anderson Galvão, Joao J. Ferreira, Carla Marques

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights of a systematic literature review (SLR) of the entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development…

Building and maintaining the family business-private equity relationship: An integrated agency-stewardship perspective

Vincent Molly, Diane Arijs, Johan Lambrecht

Adopting an integrated agency and stewardship perspective, the purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between family businesses (FBs) and private equity (PE…

Sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship in Burundi: drivers and outcomes

Bélyse Mupfasoni, Aad Kessler, Thomas Lans

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the emerging literature on sustainable entrepreneurship by studying knowledge, motivation and early stage outcomes of sustainable…

Culture and social capital network effects on the survival and performance of high-tech micro and small firms

Cory Hallam, Carlos Alberto Dorantes Dosamantes, Gianluca Zanella

The purpose of this paper is to propose an integrated theory to explain the effect of regional culture on high-technology micro and small (HTMS) firm outcomes. The integrated…

From strategic goals to business model innovation paths: an exploratory study

Marikka Heikkilä, Harry Bouwman, Jukka Heikkilä

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how different strategic goals of (micro-, small- and medium-sized firms=SMEs) relate to the business model innovation (BMI) paths that SMEs…

An exploration of product advantage and its antecedents in SMEs

Brian Healy, Michele O’Dwyer, Ann Ledwith

Product advantage is consistently identified as the most important product characteristic in explaining the adoption and success of a new product. In small- and medium-size…

Does the crowd mean business? An analysis of rewards-based crowdfunding as a source of finance for start-ups and small businesses

Joe Cox, Thang Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which rewards-based crowdfunding really does provide financial support for start-ups and small businesses relative to…

Corporate governance and audit features: SMEs evidence

Basil Al-Najjar

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance factors on audit features, namely, audit fees and the selection of Big 4 audit firms within the UK…