Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 7 Issue 1

Entrepreneurial action, innovation and business performance: the small independent business

Yannis Georgellis, Paul Joyce, Adrian Woods

Using a sample of some 300 small independent businesses, drawn from Central London, the paper examines how entrepreneurial behaviour affects business performance. It is argued…

The promotion of Hungarian small and medium‐size enterprises in accordance with guidelines for European Union enlargement

Éva Sándor‐Kriszt

The basis of international comparative analysis is the harmonisation of the different conceptual systems of the discipline under investigation in various countries. The…

Public policy and SME performance: the case of Northern Ireland in the 1990s

Mark Hart, Seamus McGuinness, Maureen O’Reilly, Graham Gudgin

Recent research has demonstrated that small firm performance in Northern Ireland has benefited from the availability of a comprehensive and well‐funded programme of selective…

Feasibility of strategic alliance as an entry strategy into markets dominated by major competitors

Khai Sheang Lee, Guan Hua Lim, Jiuan Tan

Although the benefits of strategic alliances are well documented, whether strategic alliances can be a viable entry strategy option for small and medium‐size enterprises (SMEs) to…

Factors in the growth of micro‐enterprises (Part 2): exploring the implications

Lew Perren

This research examines micro‐enterprises pursuing gradual growth. The research findings and implications are provided in two parts. Part 1 was presented in Volume 6, Number 4 of…

“Professionals at work” – transition in a small service firm

Monder Ram

Small professional service firms constitute an important segment of the small business population. Explanations of the emergence, employment potential and economic contribution of…

Research and development activities by SMEs: a regional comparison (the West Midlands and the North East of England)

Ivana Adamson, H.R. Seddighi

This study provides an analysis of two regional samples on R&D activities in manufacturing small and medium‐size firms in the UK. The results show that there are statistically…