Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 29 Issue 4

Editorial: Entrepreneurship: from the industrial–organizational paradigm to the community-venture paradigm

Patrick J. Murphy

Collaborative capabilities of cause-based social entrepreneurship alliance of firms

Lamin B. Ceesay, Cecilia Rossignoli, Raj V. Mahto

This study examines the collaborative value practices of cause-based social entrepreneurship alliances. We investigate key drivers of value creation in such alliances.

Challenges to measuring social value creation through social impact assessments: the case of RVA Works

Balashankar Mulloth, Stefano Rumi

Despite the prevalence of academic literature debating and proposing competing conceptions of social value creation through socially driven enterprises, there is a lack of…

How do transaction costs, capabilities and networks influence the procurement strategies of small agri-food firms? Evidence from the wine industry

Bruno Varella Miranda, Brent Ross, Jason Franken, Miguel Gómez

The purpose of this study is to disentangle the drivers of adoption of procurement strategies in situations where small agri-food firms deal with constrained organizational…

The novelty-centered business model: a transition mechanism between exploration and exploitation in SMEs

Kerim Karmeni, Lorraine Uhlaner, Lorenzo Lucianetti

As the transition between exploration and exploitation is a unique challenge for SMEs, what mechanism(s) might facilitate this transition? Building on the entrepreneurship…

Family ownership and the export performance of SMEs: the moderating role of financial constraints and flexibility

Federica Pascucci, Oscar Domenichelli, Enzo Peruffo, Gian Luca Gregori

This article investigates the relationship between family ownership and export performance in the context of SMEs while also considering the moderating role of the financial…

The effect of small business leaders' organisational mindfulness and social learning on opportunistic behaviour to survive the COVID-19 pandemic

Luluk Lusiantoro, Bernardinus Maria Purwanto, Rokhima Rostiani

This research aims to test the relationships between organisational mindfulness, social learning and opportunistic behaviour of small business leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entrepreneurship education in Brazil: Brazilian and Scottish approaches to policy and provision in vocational education

Adriano Stadler, Anete Alberton, Anne M.J. Smith

This paper examines entrepreneurship education (EE) in Brazil and Scotland and unpacks convergent and divergent practices in vocational education (VE). The authors evaluate access…

Are family firms good neighbours? A spatial analysis of Italian technology-intensive firms

Stefano Amato, Valentina Pieroni, Nicola Lattanzi, Giampaolo Vitali

A burgeoning body of evidence points out the importance of spatial proximity in influencing firm efficiency besides internal characteristics. Nevertheless, the family status of…