Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 6 Issue 2

Determinants of management development in small businesses

Andrew Thomson, Colin Gray

This paper examines statistically the determinants of management development in small businesses, based on the results of a survey of 389 small businesses carried out in 1996…

University spin‐offs and local business support infrastructure in a post‐socialist economy

Holger Muent

This paper compares formal and informal modes of cooperation between SMEs in the post‐socialist transitional economy of Poland. It describes how small firms in a university…

A problem‐based phenomenological growth model for small manufacturing firms

Panikkos Poutziouris, Martin Binks, Alistair Bruce

The development of small firms tends to follow certain growth patterns usually referred to as business growth models. This paper reports on the conceptualisation of a…

Exploring the formation of entrepreneurial teams: the key to rapid growth business?

Shailendra Vyakarnam, Robin Jacobs, Jari Handelberg

There is ample anecdotal evidence, as well as an emergent body of literature, which examines the role of entrepreneurial teams in the success and growth of businesses. Earlier…

Young People’s views of business support: the case of PSYBT

Paul Moran, Leigh Sear

The phenomenon of “youth enterprise” arose in the 1980s in response to a particular combination of socio‐economic and political factors. Since then, increasing numbers of young…

Management training and development in small and medium‐sized enterprises: an assessment of the effectiveness of training and enterprise councils in the East Midlands

J.G. Boocock, J. Loan‐Clarke, A.J. Smith, J. Whittaker

This paper presents findings from a major research study investigating management training and development (MTD) activity within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the…

The standardisation versus adaptation decision of “successful” SMEs: findings from a survey of winners of the Queen’s Award for Export

Dave Crick, Robert Bradshaw

This paper reports the findings from a postal survey investigating selected characteristics of winners of the Queen’s Award for Export, arguably the premier award for export…