Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 29 Issue 7

Editorial: Passion: an entrepreneurial constant

Patrick J. Murphy

Entrepreneurial strategies and family firm culture in the Arab world: a systematic literature review

Stavros Sindakis, Fotis Kitsios, Sakshi Aggarwal, Maria Kamariotou

Family businesses are value-based enterprises, contributing significantly to wealth creation. Although extensive research is conducted on family businesses, there is no study…

Cosmetics companies: income developments in time of crisis

Veronica De Blasio, Pietro Pavone, Guido Migliaccio

This study offers a focus on the income dynamics of the sector, analyzing the evolution of the main profitability indicators (ROE, ROA, ROI and ROS) of 457 Italian companies in…

Decision-maker's overconfidence and international performance: the role of the adoption of intuitive practices

Fabio Musso, Barbara Francioni, Ilaria Curina, Fabio Tramontana, Paolo Polidori, Maria Gabriella Pediconi

The paper analyses the influence of the decision-makers' overconfidence on the intuitive practices' adoption, as well as on the international performance during international…

Resource type and SME alliance formation: the contingent role of perceived environmental uncertainty

Rohit Prabhudesai, Nitin Pangarkar, Ch.V.V.S.N.V. Prasad

The aim of the study was to determine how the different types of resources possessed by a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME), in conjunction with the environmental…

The impact of entrepreneurial firm social purpose on bank loan officer decisions: a study of loan covenant violations

Rebekah Austin, Andrew Scott Weinberger, Jon Mohundro

Loan officer decisions are of particular importance to entrepreneurial firms which rely heavily on debt financing as a primary source of capital. The authors investigate whether…

Effects of ethnicity and gender on ethically driven small business performance

Denisse Olivas, Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Gary L. Frankwick

The authors test several hypotheses to analyze the influences of community-mindedness, ethical and social responsibility, culture, and gender on performance and job satisfaction.

Adaptive practices in SMEs: leveraging dynamic capabilities for strategic adaptation

Emmanuel Quansah, Dale E. Hartz, Paul Salipante

A global pandemic, broken supply chains, workforce constraints, technological advancements in artificial intelligence, etc. illustrate the continual threats that SMEs face…

The impact of family business professionalization on financial performance: a multidimensional approach

Gülçin Polat, Serap Benligiray

This study aims to broaden the multidimensional conceptualization of family business professionalization, and to investigate how professionalization influences the financial…