Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 28 Issue 7

Growing SMEs and internal financing: the role of business practices

Nazik Fadil, Josée St-Pierre

The purpose of this paper is to identify business practices that may promote internal financing of growing SMEs. The authors expand the literature on entrepreneurial finance that…

Work–life balance and life satisfaction among the self-employed

Shawn Best, Ravi Chinta

The self-employed are an essential segment of society who contribute to economic growth and stabilisation in their communities. Therefore, it is crucial to investigate whether…

Measuring market-sensing capabilities for new product development success

Alvaro Lopes Dias, Luis F. Lages

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize and operationalize the concept of market-sensing capabilities and analyze its relationship with new product development (NPD) success…

The heavy cost of kumbaya–understanding the survival implications of nascent venture ownership structure

David Noack, Douglas R. Miller, Rebecca Guidice

This paper brings in relevant entrepreneurial behavior theory to understand the ownership decisions founders make during the nascent stage of new venture creation, and how such…

Refugees starting a business: experiences of barriers and needs in the Netherlands

Karijn Nijhoff

Recent refugees in the Netherlands face barriers on the road to starting their own business. Few studies have looked at barriers specific to recent refugees. In this article…

Antecedents of business location decisions: the case of aspiring immigrant opportunity entrepreneurs

Nastaran Simarasl, Kaveh Moghaddam, David W. Williams

The purpose of this paper is to investigate aspiring immigrant opportunity (AIO) entrepreneurs' start-up location decisions.

Nascent entrepreneur characteristic predictors of early-stage entrepreneurship outcomes

Stephen E. Lanivich, Laci M. Lyons, Anthony R. Wheeler

Social cognitive theory suggests that entrepreneurs' characteristics affect entrepreneurial outcomes through interaction with their environment. This study examines the…

Trusting in indigenous institutions: exporting SMEs in Nigeria

Kingsley Obi Omeihe, Amon Simba, David Rae, Veronika Gustafsson, Mohammad Saud Khan

The purpose of this article is to develop new insights into the interplay between trust, indigenous institutions and weak/dysfunctional formal institutions using the Nigerian…