Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 19 Issue 4

Comparing young SMEs' growth determinants across regions

Juan Federico, Rodrigo Rabetino, Hugo Kantis

The aim of this study is to advance the understanding of firm growth determinants by comparing the factors influencing young firms' growth in 13 countries corresponding to three…

Broadband impact on small business growth in Kentucky

David Shideler, Narine Badasyan

The paper aims to examine the relationship between broadband availability and firm establishment growth rates by employment size and by industry to assess the impact of broadband…

Institutional constraints and SME growth in post‐communist Albania

Mirela Xheneti, Will Bartlett

This paper aims to investigate business growth in post‐communist Albania using an institutional perspective.

Motivations of migrant entrepreneurship in Greece: a factor analysis approach

Panagiotis G. Liargovas, Konstantinos S. Skandalis

The past decade has shown a remarkable growth in entrepreneurship among immigrants in Greece, while their contribution to Greek society is still clouded by issues of social…

Barriers to finance experienced by female owner/managers of marginal farms in India

Navjot Sandhu, Javed Hussain, Harry Matlay

This paper aims to examine barriers to finance experienced by female owner/managers of marginal farms in the Punjab region of India.

Barriers to small business growth in Canada

Amarjit Gill, Nahum Biger

The paper seeks to extend the findings of Okpara and Wynn and Robson and Obeng related to “barriers to small business growth” by using Canadian data.

A process‐based operational framework for sustainability reporting in SMEs

Marika Arena, Giovanni Azzone

The paper aims to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in overcoming the difficulties they encounter in initiating sustainability reporting, proposing a “general” process…

Web 2.0 and micro‐businesses: an exploratory investigation

David Barnes, Fintan Clear, Romano Dyerson, G. Harindranath, Lisa Harris, Alan Rae

The paper aims to report on an exploratory study into how small businesses use Web 2.0 information and communication technologies (ICT) to work collaboratively with other small…

Marketing for survival: a comparative case study of SME software firms

Sara Parry, Rosalind Jones, Jenny Rowley, Beata Kupiec‐Teahan

This study seeks to explore the success and failure of two similar small software technology firms from a marketing perspective. Using a dyadic approach, the research aims to…

Promoting health in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Sharon J. Williams, Dawn M. Snow

Workplaces are described as “excellent” locations for promoting health as many employees spend more time here than in other locations, yet, many organisations overlook this…

Editorial

Professor Harry Matlay