It is agreed that within the UK there is a poor level of investment in formal training and development. This is … reasons why small firm owners are, on the whole, reluctant to invest in such training for themselves and their employees. Such … reasons include, ignorance of benefits, time issues, fear that training will enhance employee mobility and, critically, that …

training leading to qualifications for employees. The training (or more accurately learning) that does take place in most SMEs … increased investment in formal training leads automatically to improved business performance for SMEs. Research findings raise a …

raising competitiveness. However there is limited evidence of the contribution of training to the success of individual firms … and even less evidence of the impact of such training activity on small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) employees. This … paper draws on a survey of 1,000 employees to investigate the impact of a training intervention on employees in SME …

Training Institute (MTI) program. Hypotheses were developed and tested to determine whether human capital attributes (education …

implications of the findings for policy‐makers responsible for training and trainers themselves. The evidence supports the view … that government subsidies focusing on language training might be better directed at a more varied range of activities to …

education and training is that small business owner‐managers claim that they are too busy to engage in training or any type of … learning activity and that most training is of little value to them. The aim of the research is to examine the relationship … knowledge, attitudes and needs of small business owner‐managers, both before and after participation in a training program …

on performance. Unlike previous published studies that concentrate on formal training, this empirical analysis includes … both formal and informal training. Performance is measured in terms of turnover, employee growth, and survival. It also … includes consideration of the firm's context on both training approach and performance. Design/methodology/approach – Survey …

training in franchise systems. Further, most research in this area tended to focus on training for franchises as part of the … overall package. This study seeks to address the shortfall of research in this area by investigating the influence of training … gathered by means of a structured questionnaire, 16 items of which were devoted to an evaluation of the organisation's training …

firms' strengths and needs. A training approach blending online preparation and physical participation is found to be more …