Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 30 Issue 1

Editorial: Five principles for overcoming obstacles in deep-tech startup journeys

Johan Kask, Gabriel Linton

Relationship lending, access to credit and entrepreneurial orientation as cornerstones of venture financing

Federico Beltrame, Luca Grassetti, Giorgio Stefano Bertinetti, Alex Sclip

This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) access to credit. Starting with the idea that SMEs'…

A shock to the system: entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience and adaptation in a global pandemic

Mark V. Cannice, Sun-Young Park, June Y. Lee

This exploratory study uses a punctuated equilibrium paradigm (PEP) framework to examine the impact and adaptation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) to the COVID-19 pandemic at…

Entrepreneurship as a career choice for Emirati women: a social cognitive perspective

Khyati Shetty, Jason R. Fitzsimmons, Amitabh Anand

The purpose of this study is to utilize social cognitive theory to investigate how social comparison orientations, individual cognitive, and environmental factors influence…

Willing but fearful: resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions

Minhajul Islam Ukil, Anna Jenkins

Despite entrepreneurial intentions being a central and enduring construct in entrepreneurship research, most research on intentions focused on factors that underpin an…

Virtue or vice? Public policies and Nigerian entrepreneurial venture performance

Damilola Temitope Olorunshola, Temitayo Isaac Odeyemi

The purpose of this paper is to explore how inter-agency engagement across levels of government and the agencies' policies impact the development of Micro, Small and Medium Scale…

Pay attention to me! The role of endorsements, patents, gender and prior experience in startup media attention

Laura Gasiorowski, Ahreum Lee

The purpose of this paper is to explore the antecedents of media attention in the context of early-stage startups. While many studies have examined the implications of media…

Venture resilience, criminal approaches and the welfare state: entrepreneurial decisions and opinions one year after the COVID-19 outbreak

Fabio La Rosa, Francesca Bernini

This study aims to investigate the resilience of Italian companies one year after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak by examining the companies' choices and opinions…

Enabling bricolage in resource-constrained contexts: the role of sense of community and passion in African social entrepreneurs

Giacomo Ciambotti, Maria Cristina Zaccone, Matteo Pedrini

Small social entrepreneurs (SSEs) who operate in resource-constrained environments frequently use entrepreneurial bricolage (EB) to overcome such limitations. Research in social…

Diagnosing default syndromes: early symptoms of entrepreneurial venture insolvency

Michele Modina, Stefano Zedda

In this study, a panel of 74,128 Italian SMEs was analyzed to verify whether any syndromes could be identified and defined through financial ratios. Defining relevant syndromes…