Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 9 Issue 3

The impact of human and organizational resources on small firm strategy

Linda F. Edelman, Candida G. Brush, Tatiana S. Manolova

Smaller less “glamorous” firms are more prevalent in the US economy than high‐technology companies. These small firms are known for their inability to erect barriers to imitation…

People management in SMEs: an analysis of human resource strategies in family and non‐family businesses

Renee Reid, Trevor Morrow, Bridgita Kelly, Pat McCartan

This paper examines the findings of a large‐scale postal survey based on an adaptation of the Cranfield Network (CRANET) Survey of International Strategic Human Resource…

The determinants of management training within smaller firms in the UK. What role does strategy play?

Dean Patton, Susan Marlow

It is agreed that within the UK there is a poor level of investment in formal training and development. This is particularly evident within the small firm sector. The literature…

Employing graduates in SMEs: towards a research agenda

Rick Holden, Stephanie Jameson

In the context of a somewhat turbulent graduate labour market, attention is being focused on the employment of graduates in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper…

Lifelong learning and SMEs: issues for research and policy

Steve Johnson

Research evidence suggests that SMEs are significantly less likely than larger employers to provide or fund formal training leading to qualifications for employees. The training…

Small firm responses to employment regulation

Lynette Harris

Examines the impact of employment regulation on owner‐manager approaches to the employment relationship at the level of the individual firm. While there was no reported principled…

Industrial relations in the SME sector of the British economy: an empirical perspective

Harry Matlay

Despite the growing significance afforded to small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in contemporary Britain, much of the industrial relations (IR) literature in this country is…