Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 29 Issue 5

Management beyond a critical threshold of employees: evidence-based HR solutions for SMEs

Nita Chhinzer

This research identifies human resource (HR) management challenges and associated solutions of a medium-sized organization that reached a critical threshold of employees and…

Too tied to fail: a multidimensional approach to social capital in crowdfunding campaigns. Evidences from Italian agri-food businesses

Ulpiana Kocollari, Alessia Pedrazzoli, Maddalena Cavicchioli, Andrea Girardi

The authors investigate the contributions of social capital (SC) dimensions (bridging, bonding and linking) in crowdfunding campaigns by comparing the dynamics of agri-food…

How coaching services help early stage entrepreneurs: an exploration of gender differences

Charlene L. Nicholls-Nixon, Mariah M. Maxheimer

Entrepreneurial support organizations, such as business incubators and accelerators (BIAs), provide coaching as a core element of their service offering for startups. Yet little…

Reaction or anticipation? Resilience in small- and medium-sized enterprises

Enrico Marcazzan, Diego Campagnolo, Martina Gianecchini

Building on the recent capability-based conceptualisation of resilience, this paper aims to explore whether the experience of a previous crisis and entrepreneur resilience are…

The role of green process innovation translating green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy into environmental performance

Anderson Betti Frare, Ilse Maria Beuren

This paper analyzes the mediating role of green process innovation in the relationships of green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy with…

Let the games begin: the relationship between video gaming and entrepreneurial mindsets

Sascha Kraus, Thomas Niemand, Stephanie Scott, Kaisu Puumalainen, Raphael Oberreiner

This article addresses the need for further conceptual development of the factors that influence the development of the entrepreneurial mindset. It focuses on finding a link…

The centrality of organisational factors in the growth of new technology-based firms

Caroline Tarillon

New technology-based firms (NTBFs) are a great potential source of job creation and economic growth. In France, strong heterogeneity of their growth trajectories is observed yet…

A theoretical framework for identifying appropriate marketing approaches across the product development life cycle for biomedical science SMEs

Shashwati Sanjay Vahadane, Andrew Paul Clarke

An investigation of the marketing approaches for biomedical science small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and organisations in the United Kingdom (UK) was carried out; the…