Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 16 Issue 4

An investigation into the initial barriers to internationalization: Evidence from small UK retailers

Karise Hutchinson, Emma Fleck, Lester Lloyd‐Reason

This paper is the result of empirical research funded by The British Academy. The overall purpose of the study is to investigate the initial barriers to internationalization…

The role of the marketing function in small and medium sized enterprises

Michael F. Walsh, John Lipinski

The purpose of this paper is to examine marketing in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), its role as a driver of competitive advantage, and, therefore, its importance to…

The relationship between the manager and growth in small firms

Svante Andersson, Joakim Tell

The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the relationship between the manager and growth in small firms, through a review of earlier research.

The determinants of equity needs: size, youth or innovation?

Valeria Venturelli, Elisabetta Gualandri

The purpose of this paper is to set out to critically review the approaches developed for the assessment of the equity gap, extending the quantitative approaches to the equity gap…

The dyadic bank‐SME relationship: Customer adaptation in interaction, role and organisation

Lars Silver, Fatima Vegholm

This paper aims to emphasise the theory of adaptation in the analysis of banks' ability to meet the needs of their SME customers. This analysis involves examining the interaction…

Entrepreneurship: an organisational learning approach

Mário Franco, Heiko Haase

The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on the interface between learning and entrepreneurship, i.e. to show how entrepreneurship can be studied as a never‐ending, dynamic…

What do UK small and medium sized enterprises think about employing graduates?

Adrian Woods, Charles Dennis

The UK government is committed to increasing the proportion of young people entering higher education. This means that graduates will make up a greater proportion of the labour…

Education, mobility and rural business development

Gary Bosworth

In a period of rural economic change, knowledge and skills transfers and the generation of new economic opportunities are seen as essential for promoting rural development. The…

Training in Thai SMEs

Kitiya Thassanabanjong, Peter Miller, Teresa Marchant

The purpose of this paper is to profile Thai small‐medium enterprises (SMEs) and fill a research gap about their investment in training and approaches to training.

The revenge of the gifted amateur … be afraid, be very afraid …

Lisa Harris, Alan Rae

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the characteristics and impact of “gifted amateurs” who are maximising the potential of Web 2.0 technologies to grow their businesses…

Editorial

Harry Matlay