Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 25 Issue 2

“This class is not for you”: An investigation of gendered subject construction in entrepreneurship course descriptions

Sally Jones, Jan P. Warhuus

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the social construction of gendered subjects in entrepreneurship education (EEd), through the analysis of course descriptions. For this…

Internationalisation commitment of emerging market firms: A comparative study of Chile and Brazil

Constanza Bianchi, Jorge Carneiro, Rumintha Wickramasekera

Enhancing firm commitment towards internationalisation is an important step towards ensuring successful international performance. However, there is limited research on this topic…

The role of action-control beliefs in developing entrepreneurial expertise

Magdalena Markowska

The purpose of this paper is to theorize on the mechanisms underlying the development of entrepreneurial expertise. While prior studies have identified differences between the…

The analysis of entry of Ethiopian enterprises into the export-markets and the associated factors: The duration approach

Sisay Diriba Lemessa, Mulugeta Damie Watabaji, Molla Alemayehu Yismaw

Though many studies in the past dealt with the survival and growth of enterprises both in the local- and export-markets, less attention was given to the analysis of the duration…

Linking managerial competence to small enterprise performance within the dynamic capability logic

Robert Zacca, Mumin Dayan

The purpose of this paper is to link management competence to small enterprise performance and assess the role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and willingness to change on…

Trade credit in times of crisis: evidence from European SMEs

Candida Bussoli, Francesca Marino

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of trade credit in a sample of small and medium enterprises in Europe, before and after the outbreak of the subprime financial…

Regulation and growth-oriented small businesses in North-West England

Frank Peck, Keith Jackson, Gail Mulvey

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which growth-oriented small and micro-businesses (SMBs) are affected by regulations. Case studies from North-West England are…

Is independence really an opportunity? The experience of entrepreneur-mothers

Meraiah Foley, Marian Baird, Rae Cooper, Sue Williamson

The purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneur-mothers experience independence in the transition to entrepreneurship, and whether they perceive independence as an…

Learning from failure: A study of failed enterprises of self-employed African migrants in the UK

John Mendy, Dieu Hack-Polay

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the high failure among African entrepreneurs post-2008 financial crisis. It evaluates the evidence of actual and perceived disadvantage…