Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 12 Issue 3

Academic entrepreneurship: Assessing preferences in nascent entrepreneurs

Michael C. Brennan, Anthony P. Wall, Pauric McGowan

The aim of the paper was to investigate entrepreneurship in a university setting and in particular amongst university managers, established academic entrepreneurs and nascent…

Entrepreneurial learning: a narrative‐based conceptual model

David Rae

Entrepreneurial learning is an important area of enquiry which is not well understood in either the academic study of entrepreneurship or the practical development of new…

Engendering an innovative culture and maintaining operational balance

Paul Hyland, Ron Beckett

This paper aims to identify key elements of innovative culture using innovation audit tools. The research seeks to determine if factors such as the ability to collaborate are…

Graduate employment in SMEs: a longitudinal perspective

Paul Westhead, Harry Matlay

To evaluate the abilities, skills and expertise of undergraduates who participated in the UK‐based Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (STEP) and their suitability for…

Managing creativity and innovation: The challenge for cultural entrepreneurs

Nicholas. C. Wilson, David Stokes

To distinguish managing creativity from managing innovation and highlight the importance for cultural entrepreneurs of recognising the differences between the two.

Barriers to successful new product development within small manufacturing companies

Huw Millward, Alan Lewis

The objective of the research is to identify and analyse the main barriers to new product development within small manufacturing companies.

Relational governance, communication and the performance of biotechnology partnerships

Ronald J. Ferguson, Michèle Paulin, Kathrin Möslein, Christina Müller

Emerging biotechnology firms rely on a network of socio‐economic partnerships that can be classified as “interimistic” or close, collaborative but relatively short‐lived. Few…

Cognitive and behavioural determinants of trust in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Khurram J. Sharif, Stavros P. Kalafatis, Phillip Samouel

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic examination of the importance of trust‐developing constructs and the impact of trust on long‐term orientation within the small…

The impact of organizational change on entrepreneurship in community settings

Sibylle Heilbrunn

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of organizational change upon entrepreneurship in communities such as the Israeli kibbutz, which underwent during the last…

Does size matter?: A study of firm behavior and outcomes in strategic SME networks

Joakim Wincent

To develop and empirically test a framework on how firm size can matter for firm behavior and performance in strategic networks of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SME…