Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 21 Issue 3

Dynamic capabilities vs. innovation capability: are they related?

Lidija Breznik, Robert D. Hisrich

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation capabilities. It links dynamic capability with innovation…

Impediments on the way to entrepreneurship. Some new evidence from the EU's post-socialist world

Georgios K. Batsakis

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on traditionally important determinants (demographics, peoples’ perceptions, and environmental characteristics) of entrepreneurial…

Prior knowledge: the role of virtual worlds in venture creation

Hannah Noke, Thomas Chesney

Creating a new business often ends in failure arguably the more knowledge of the start-up process an entrepreneur has the more successful the outcome. Whilst business simulations…

Determinants of best HR practices in Chinese SMEs

Alexander Newman, Abdullah Z. Sheikh

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors which determine the adoption of best HR practices in Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Strategic positioning and strategic types of small firms

Ana María García-Pérez, Vanessa Yanes-Estévez, Juan Ramón Oreja-Rodríguez, Enrique González-Dávila

– The purpose of this paper is to study the strategic process of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including strategic reference points (SRP) (Fiegenbaum et al., 1996).

Export success factors of small- and medium-sized firms in Chile

José O. Maldifassi, Javier Chacón Caorsi

– The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that could help differentiate between successful and unsuccessful small- and medium-sized exporter firms.

Do management control systems in SMEs reflect CEO demographics?

Anne-Mie Reheul, Ann Jorissen

Drawing on upper echelons theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether CEOs place their distinctive marks on the design of planning, control and evaluation systems…

Service development in small companies: a communication and learning process

Patrik Gottfridsson

– The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of how individually designed services are actually developed in small companies.

Which criteria matter most in the evaluation of venture capital investments?

José Carlos Nunes, Elisabete Gomes Santana Félix, Cesaltina Pacheco Pires

The purpose of this paper is to identify the importance assigned to the various criteria used by the Portuguese venture capitalists (VCs) to evaluate and select early stage…

Spin-off performance in the start-up phase – a conceptual framework

Andrea Furlan, Roberto Grandinetti

Literature on spin-offs still lacks a thorough understanding of the forces governing spin-off performance. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by taking a network…

Editorial

Harry Z. Matlay