Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 14 Issue 4

Business assistance for SMEs: New Zealand owner‐managers make their assessment

Kate Lewis, Claire Massey, Mary Ashby, Alan Coetzer, Candice Harris

The purpose of this paper is to explore the business assistance realities of New Zealand small and medium enterprise (SME) owner‐managers in order to better understand those…

Between a rock and a hard place?: A case study of the issues facing advisors in introducing IIP to SMEs

Alison J. Smith, Lorna A. Collins

This case study aims to describe the work of a Business Link in relation to the promotion and implementation of Investors in People (IIP) with small to medium‐sized enterprises…

Tacit knowledge, heuristics, consistency and error signals: How do business advisers diagnose their SME clients?

Kevin F. Mole

This paper aims to consider the methods used by publicly supported business advisers to assess their client businesses. These business advisers are increasingly required to…

The function and character of relationship benefits: Transferring capabilities and resources to the small firm

Stephen Kelly

This paper aims to critique the foundations of the relationship benefits concept and develop a theoretical model that is tested and validated.

Determinants of internet adoption by SME agri‐food companies

Geoffrey J. Simmons, Mark G. Durkin, Pauric McGowan, Gillian A. Armstrong

As evidence mounts on the importance of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) to national and international economies and the opportunities presented to them by the internet…

Can broadband access rescue the rural economy?

Laura Galloway

Government is promoting broadband for all, and specifically, is advocating business up‐take of broadband that affords high‐speed internet activity, to foster global…

Consumer trust: privacy policies and third‐party seals

Dane Peterson, David Meinert, John Criswell, Martin Crossland

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of third‐party seals with self‐reported privacy policy statements with regard to the willingness of potential e‐commerce customers to…

Supporting SME e‐commerce migration through blended e‐learning

Kevin Caskey, Brian Subirana

The purpose of this paper is to use a blended learning environment to introduce principals in small businesses to the benefits of electronic commerce, while avoiding many of the…

Perception of success and its effect on small firm performance

Helen Reijonen, Raija Komppula

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into small firm entrepreneurs' perceptions of success and how these perceptions affect the performance of a firm. The emphasis…

Entrepreneurial potentials of African‐Caribbeans in the United Kingdom

Patrick Okonta, Kaushik V. Pandya

Many researchers attribute poor performance of African‐Caribbean business people down to their ethnic backgrounds and traits. The purpose of this research was to investigate if…

Job‐matching and employee diversity: an exploratory study

Geoff Ruggeri Stevens

The investigation reported here aims to: adapt existing recruitment theory to add to tools available to small business recruiters for job matching; provide job‐specific scoring…

Team‐oriented women entrepreneurs: a way to modern management

Ingmari Cantzler, Svante Leijon

The purpose of this study is to understand how women as small‐business owners build good internal and external relations and to what extent they develop their businesses and…

2007 Awards for Excellence

Editorial

Harry Matlay