Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 15 Issue 4

From “fat pigs” and “red hats” to a “new social stratum”: The changing face of enterprise development policy in China

This paper aims to explore the development and implementation of enterprise policy in China, and the emergence of intermediaries and local strategies designed to encourage SME…

Developing the small business market for business development services in Chengdu: Policy issues and priorities

The purpose of the paper is to assess the state of the business development services (BDS) market in Chengdu, with a view to identifying demand and/or supply side deficiencies…

A quantitative analysis of the characteristics of rapid‐growth firms and their entrepreneurs in China

This study aims to compare rapid‐growth companies with slow‐growth ones in order to provide fresh insights into the attributes of Chinese rapid‐growth companies through an…

The impacts of external factors on the growth of Chinese entrepreneurial enterprises: An empirical study

The purpose of this paper is to explore the key external factors that are impacting on the performance of Chinese entrepreneurial enterprise (EE).

Enterprise development in a diversified metropolis: the case of Beijing

This study aims to test the relationship between city industrial diversity and enterprises development in an urban region, in order to investigate the effect of diversified urban…

Local government's “black box” in small and medium‐sized private enterprises' trans‐ownership M&A failure: Chinese cases

This paper aims to examine the reasons for small and medium sized private enterprises' (SMPE) trans‐ownership M&A failure, with particular focus on the local government behavior…

Technological entrepreneurship and policy environment: a case of China

This study aims to better understand the level of China's regional technological entrepreneurship (TE) and the impact of entrepreneurship policy on TE through an integrated…

The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intentions of university students in China

The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between Chinese university students' higher educational background and their entrepreneurial intentions.

From tradition to modern: Attitudes and applications of guanxi in Chinese entrepreneurship

This article aims to examine one aspect of Chinese culture, guanxi. Guanxi, “special relationships” has long been employed to facilitate business in China. The authors ask whether…

Networking and innovation in SMEs: evidence from Guangdong Province, China

This paper aims to investigate structural characteristics of a business network comprising small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), and to explore the relationships between such…

Entrepreneurship education in China: a case study approach

This paper aims to provide an overview of entrepreneurship education in the wider context of the Chinese educational system in transition and raise pertinent questions regarding…

In pursuit of technological innovation: China's science and technology policies and financial and fiscal incentives

This paper intends to examine the change of R&D fiscal policies in China since 1978 and its impact on China's drive to become an innovation‐oriented country.

Chinese entrepreneurship: innovation and growth

2008 Awards for Excellence

Private Enterprises and China’s Economic Development

The Revival of Private Enterprise in China

Note from the publisher

Special issue on entrepreneurial behaviour in family businesses

Private enterprises, marketisation and China’s economic development

Marketisation and Democracy in China

High-tech Entrepreneurship in Asia