Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 29 Issue 2

Editorial: A new vision for the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Patrick J. Murphy

Reinterpreting a signature pedagogy for entrepreneurship education

Michael Breum Ramsgaard, Per Blenker

The importance of contextualizing theory development in entrepreneurship education has recently been raised. Nevertheless, efforts often lead to rather decontextualized concepts…

Feel dragged out: a recovery perspective in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and entrepreneurial exit

Subhan Shahid, Yasir Mansoor Kundi

This study investigates the relationship between emotional exhaustion and entrepreneurial exit, particularly how this relationship might be invigorated by two critical…

The interactive effect of cultural values and government regulations on firms’ entrepreneurial orientation

Tze Cheng Chew, Yee Kwan Tang, Trevor Buck

Considering that the social-cultural context is important as in which the entrepreneurs are embedded to conceptualise entrepreneurial orientation (EO), the purpose of the study is…

Synergistic model to boost business performance: a New Zealand case study

Ploypailin Kijkasiwat, Jenny Cave, Nirosha Hewa Wellalage, Stuart Locke

This study investigates whether there is an association between business symbiosis and the performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Entrepreneurial value creation: conceptualizing an exchange-based view of entrepreneurship

Michele Pinelli, Christian Lechner, Sascha Kraus, Eric Liguori

This paper proposes an Exchange-Based View of the value creation process. The Borrowing from marketing literature, the EBV advances that entrepreneurs and stakeholders are tied by…

Patents and small business risk: longitudinal evidence from the global financial crisis

Roberto Barontini, Jonathan Taglialatela

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the relationship between patent applications and long-term risk for small firms across the global financial crisis of 2008. During a…

Family managers' propensity towards mergers and acquisitions: the role of performance feedback

Rosalia Santulli, Carmen Gallucci, Mariateresa Torchia, Andrea Calabrò

Drawing on upper echelons theory (UET) and arguments from behavioral theory of the firm, this paper aims to contribute to the debate on family involvement-performance…

Entrepreneurial ecosystems quality and productive entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial attitude as a mediator in early-stage and high-growth activities

Jonathan Mukiza Kansheba, Andreas Erich Wald

This study examines the mediation effects of entrepreneurial attitudes (EAs) on the nexus of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) quality and productive entrepreneurship for…