Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 6 Issue 3

Small firms and economic development: research, policy and practice

Lone Henriksen

This paper is a summary of the text of a keynote presentation delivered to delegates at the Ninth Annual Small Business and Enterprise Development Conference on 23rd March, 1999…

Employment creation and small firms: reflections on Lone Henriksen’s keynote address

Lew Perren

This paper reflects upon issues raised in Lone Henriksen’s keynote address at the Ninth Annual Small Business and Enterprise Development Conference (the text of which is included…

Entrepreneurship education: Alumni perceptions of the role of higher education institutions

Sara Carter, Elaine Collinson

This paper is concerned with the retrospective perceptions of alumni towards the general provision of entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions (HEIs). Whilst…

IT adoption strategies: best practice guidelines for professional SMEs

Mark Proudlock

This paper discusses information technology (IT) assessment and adoption in small firms. More specifically, it evaluates different approaches to IT assessment and adoption…

Family firms in Scotland and Northern Ireland: an empirical investigation

Stan Cromie, John Adams, Barbara Dunn, Renee Reid

Family firms account for around 75 per cent of all business enterprises in the UK, but there is a lack of research on these businesses. The family firms literature recognises that…

Owner‐manager learning in small firms

Simon Down

The purpose of this paper is to review the relevant literature concerning the skills and knowledge of owner‐managers in small firms and to show how these might be enhanced and…

Pension rights for part‐time workers – the fog comes down again!

James Hanlon

Employers can be forgiven for a continuing sense of confusion over pension rights for part‐time workers. While UK tribunals and courts hand down decisions which limit rights to…

Public law status Chambers of Commerce: does Britain need them?

Grahamme Fallon

There have recently been considerable changes in the British Chamber of Commerce system, leading to the creation of a network of Approved Chambers and Chambers of Commerce…