Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 12 Issue 4

The context of entrepreneurship in Hong Kong: An investigation through the patterns of entrepreneurial competencies in contrasting industrial environments

Thomas W.Y. Man, Theresa Lau

The context of Hong Kong has nurtured numerous small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in which the owner/managers have exhibited rather consistent set of characteristics over…

Climbing the mountain: management practice adoption in growth oriented firms in Wales

Gary Packham, David Brooksbank, Christopher Miller, Brychan Thomas

This paper proposes that owner‐managers of growth firms are more likely to have developed or acquired managerial practices that facilitate such expansion. The paper, therefore…

The Orkney based craft entrepreneur: remote yet global?

Andrew McAuley, Ian Fillis

This paper reports a study of the craft sector in a remote area of Scotland. The objective is to understand what has made the sector in Orkney relatively successful, and whether…

A basic model of electronic commerce adoption barriers: A study of regional small businesses in Sweden and Australia

Robert C. MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic

To develop a basic model of e‐commerce adoption barriers to small businesses located in regional areas of developed countries.

E‐business in professional SMEs: the case of New Zealand

Elaine Ramsey, Patrick McCole

The aim of this study is to understand why some New Zealand firms in the professional services industries have been slow to embrace e‐business technologies.

Idiosyncratic portfolio characteristics of seed and venture capital funds

Truls Erikson

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the strategic nature of formal seed capital in Norway as opposed to equally sized venture capital firms.

The role of banks in the evolution of small entrepreneurial Irish firms

Patrick Ibbotson, Lucia Moran

The overall aim of the study was to gauge the perceptions of both small businesses and banks, as to the role of banks in the growth, development and success of small…

Obstacles to entrepreneurship in a transition business environment: the case of Albania

Aristidis Bitzenis, Ersanja Nito

To critically evaluate the obstacles and problems encountered by entrepreneurs while doing business in Albania, which is an economy in a transition.

Exploring succession planning in small, growing firms

Sally Sambrook

The paper aims to explore some of the issues in voluntary succession associated with finding and successfully developing principal successors to ensure the survival and growth of…

Building entrepreneurial knowledge reservoirs

Lars Øystein Widding

This paper seeks to add to our understanding of how entrepreneurs can build “knowledge reservoirs” to achieve competitive advantage. The study focus upon the following issues…

Promoting entrepreneurship at the University of Glamorgan through formal and informal learning

Louise‐Jayne Edwards, Elizabeth J. Muir

This paper is a critique of the “Enterprise in Education” initiative, which has been implemented, supported and developed at the University of Glamorgan. The purpose of the paper…

Entrepreneurship education in UK business schools:: Conceptual, contextual and policy considerations

Harry Matlay

This paper aims to critically evaluate the conceptual, contextual and policy issues relating to the expanding field of research on entrepreneurship education in UK business…