Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 21 Issue 4

Vertical coopetition in entrepreneurial firms: theory and practice

Birthe Soppe, Christian Lechner, Michael Dowling

The purpose of this paper is to investigate vertical interfirm relationships with direct competitors – also referred to as vertical “coopetition” – in entrepreneurial firms…

The performance of entrepreneurial ventures: Examining the role of marketing practices

Dilani Jayawarna, Oswald Jones, Wing Lam, Sabrina Phua

Despite the importance of marketing to the success of entrepreneurial ventures very few researchers have studied the links with new business performance. The purpose of this paper…

Competencies associated with growth of women-led SMEs

Siwan Mitchelmore, Jennifer Rowley, Edward Shiu

The purpose of this paper is to identify the entrepreneurial competencies that women SME owners perceive to be important to the success of their business, and the competencies…

What matters in business incubation? A literature review and a suggestion for situated theorising

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos, Nada K. Kakabadse, Carmel McGowan

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to provide a critical assessment of the literature on business incubation effectiveness and second, to submit a situated theoretical…

High growth trajectories in small and medium sized enterprises: a comparative study

Cécile Chanut-Guieu, Gilles C. Guieu

Rapid growth constitutes both a theoretical and an economic issue. Thanks to a comparative study of five high growth small and medium sized enterprises located in Rhône-Alp and…

I meant to do that! Manipulating entrepreneurial intentions through the power of simple plans

Craig E. Armstrong

Intentions capture the motivational factors that influence a given behavior and indicate how hard a person is willing to try in order to perform the behavior. An individual's…

The use of internships to foster employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in the IT sector

Laura Galloway, Abigail Marks, Shiona Chillas

The purpose of this paper is to report a study of the role of internships for IT students and for the IT sector. The contribution of internships for career-readiness, and for the…

How small family-owned businesses may compete with retail superstores : Tacit knowledge and perceptive concordance among owner-managers and customers

Cinzia Dessi, Wilson Ng, Michela Floris, Stefano Cabras

The purpose of this paper is to explore the “perceptive concordance” – the proximity of perceptions of the business- between key managers and customers of two small family-owned…

Factors that hinder quality improvement programs’ implementation in SME : Definition of a taxonomy

Luís Mendes, Luís Lourenço

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the following purposes: first, to identify/analyze the main factors that hinder quality improvement programs’ implementation in SMEs, and…

A comprehensive model of business social responsibility (BSR) for small scale enterprises in Indian context

Hardeep Chahal, Sanjay Mishra, Swati Raina, Tarun Soni

– The purpose of this paper is to develop comprehensive model of business social responsibility (BSR) for small-scale enterprises (SSEs) in Indian Context.

Editorial

Harry Matlay