Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 30 Issue 7

Passion and intention among aspiring entrepreneurs with disabilities: the role of entrepreneurial support programs

Reuel Johnmark Dakung, Robin Bell, Laura Aseru Orobia, Kasmwakat Reuel Dakung, Lemun Nuhu Yatu

This study examines the relationship between entrepreneurial passion, entrepreneurial support programs and entrepreneurial intention, and the moderating role of entrepreneurial…

Were the self-employed less happy than waged employees during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Gallup World Poll

Vu Tuan Chu, Hien Thu Tran

The COVID-19 pandemic created not only a public health crisis but also the largest disruption to the global economies. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the adverse…

Examining entrepreneurial successes and failures during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2023)

Cinara Gambirage, Alvaro Bruno Cyrino, Jaison Caetano da Silva, Luiz Gustavo Medeiros Barbosa, Ronaldo Couto Parente

When entrepreneurship scholars and policy makers turned their attention to entrepreneurial ventures during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2023), its full effects on entrepreneurial…

An international study of early-stage entrepreneurship using global entrepreneurship monitor data

Takawira Munyaradzi Ndofirepi, Renier Steyn

The goal of this study is to identify and validate some selected determinants of early-stage entrepreneurial activity (ESEA) by assessing the impact of entrepreneurial knowledge…

Green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: shaping the landscape of the greener economy

Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed, Mohammed A. Al Doghan, Ummi Naiemah Saraih, Bahadur Ali Soomro

Entrepreneurship is one of the pillars of economic development and helps to green the economy. This study investigates the factors that affect green entrepreneurship (GE) in…

Designing policy based on entrepreneurial venture type: the effects of innovation, hiring practices and patent ownership on enterprise development

Diego Matricano

The Italian government enacted two laws: ruling innovative startups (Law 221/2012) and innovative SMEs (Law Decree 3/2015), respectively. Despite renowned differences between…

New perspectives on people management dimensions in recycling startups

Dev Raj Adhikari, Prakash Shrestha, Bibek Raj Adhikari

This research aims to explore people management (PM) dimensions in Nepalese recycling startups (R-startups).

Family firm entrepreneurial orientation: the effects of socio-emotional wealth, professionalization and bifurcation bias

Nikola Rosecká, Ondřej Machek

This paper aims to examine the effects of socio-emotional wealth importance (SEWi) in family firms and family firm-specific HR practices, namely professionalization and…

Understanding and implementing environmental management in small entrepreneurial ventures: supply chain management, production and design

Paula Gonçalves Amorim, Maria Augusta Siqueira Mathias, Aglaé Baptista Torres da Rocha, Otávio José de Oliveira

This work aims to propose guidelines for small industrial businesses to take their first steps toward implementing systems, programs and tools (SPTs) for environmental management…

Sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: interdependencies of infrastructure and capital and the effects of local culture

Sumedha Weerasekara, Ramudu Bhanugopan

Sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem research is an emerging trend within the entrepreneurship domain. Drawing from resource dependency theory, this study examines the…

Exploring the linkages between firm misconduct and entrepreneurial growth in China

Jing Wang, Zeyu Xing, Rui Zhang

This study aims to investigate the tendency for firms, exhibiting an entrepreneurial spirit in their growth strategies, to engage in misconduct within the context of China's…

Entrepreneurship for sustainable development: co-evolutionary evidence from the tourism sector

Silvia Baiocco, Luna Leoni, Paola Maria Anna Paniccia

This paper aims to enhance understanding of how sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) contributes to sustainable development in the tourism sector. To do so, specific factors that act…

Competency, guanxi and growth aspirations: small tourism enterprises in dynamic environments

Xiaotong Liu, Tong Wen, Cen Qin

This paper aims to explore how typical personal, interpersonal and environmental factors influence entrepreneurs' growth aspirations by investigating the impact mechanism of…