Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 12 Issue 2

Cross‐industry differences in SME financing behaviour: An Australian perspective

Pal C. Johnsen, Richard G.P. McMahon

Aims to ascertain the extent to which industry appears to influence the financing behaviour of a sample of Australian small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).

Business angels as facilitators for further finance: an exploratory study

Roger Sørheim

The main aim of this article is to widen one's understanding of the value‐added contributions of business angels and, more specifically, their role as facilitators for further…

Does government matter?: The impact of occupational retraining, gender and ethnicity on immigrants’ incorporation

Miri Lerner, Gila Menahem, Robert D. Hisrich

Aims to examine the effect of government intervention programs in improving the occupational opportunities of new immigrants as self‐employed entrepreneurs or salaried employees…

Organizational learning in Indian organizations: a strategic HRM perspective

Aradhana Khandekar, Anuradha Sharma

The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of organizational learning and strategic human resource management (HRM) in sustainable competitive advantage.

The benefits of external support to SMEs: “Hard” versus “soft” outcomes and satisfaction levels

M. Ramsden, R.J. Bennett

Aims to provide an assessment of the role of external business advice for small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), comparing “soft” outcomes (improved ability to manage, ability…

SME perspectives on business support services: The role of company size, industry and location

Håkan Boter, Anders Lundström

From a literature review and a comprehensive survey aims to analyze how small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) use existing support systems. The analysis is specifically on…

Entrepreneurial orientation and education in Austrian secondary schools: Status quo and recommendations

Hermann Frank, Christian Korunka, Manfred Lueger, Josef Mugler

Entrepreneurship is defined as a “life skill”, and the European Union (EU) has recently called on member states to promote the development of entrepreneurial attitudes from…

Resource dependency and SME strategy: an empirical study

Phil Bretherton, Ian Chaston

There has been considerable discussion concerning the resource dependency theory of strategy but relatively little qualitative, empirical research has been conducted on the…

The impact of employment legislation on micro businesses: A case study from the licensed trade

J.D. Pratten, C.J. Lovatt

This paper aims to investigate the extent to which public house licensees conform with employment legislation.