Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 27 Issue 4

Toward a typology of social entrepreneurs: the interplay between passionate activism and entrepreneurial expertise

Michael A. Abebe, Sarah Kimakwa, Tammi Redd

This paper contributes to research in social entrepreneurship by introducing a typology that describes four distinct types of social entrepreneurs based on the nature of their…

How important is family involvement for small companies’ growth?

Lucia Garcés-Galdeano, Carmen García-Olaverri

Our paper seeks to further understand how family involvement in management influences firm growth.

A system dynamics approach for assessing SMEs' competitiveness

Esteban Lafuente, László Szerb, András Rideg

The analysis of the interconnectedness between resources and capabilities, and the way businesses use them as competitive weapons is a central element of the strategic management…

Immigrant entrepreneurs and community social capital: an exploration of motivations and agency

Claudia Gomez, B. Yasanthi Perera, Judith Y. Wesinger, David H. Tobey

The social capital used to access ethnic community resources is widely recognized in the literature as being important for immigrant entrepreneurship. However, there is limited…

Chief Executive Officer's traits and open innovation in small and medium enterprises: the mediating role of innovation climate

Tharwa Najar, Karima Dhaouadi

This paper aims to study the impact of Chief Executive Officer's (CEO's) personality traits on open innovation (OI) strategies and the mediating effect of innovation climate by…

Contextual factors of entrepreneurship intention in manufacturing SMEs: the case study of Iran

Sahar Ahadi, Sara Kasraie

The purpose of this paper is to establish the contextual factors that influence entrepreneurial intention to start the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Iran and to…

Entrepreneurial leadership measurement: a multi-dimensional construct

Afsaneh Bagheri, Christian Harrison

The purpose of this paper is to refine our understanding of entrepreneurial leadership by developing a multi-dimensional measure for the construct through a comprehensive approach…

User entrepreneurship in the video game industry: the role of communities

Barbara Del Bosco, Roberto Chierici, Alice Mazzucchelli

This paper investigates the user entrepreneurship process in the video game industry, and how this process is influenced by the interactions between user entrepreneurs and…