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Entrepreneurship, resistance to change and growth in small firms

Gray, Colin - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 9 (2002) 1, pp. 61-72

The focus of this paper is on existing small firms, with fewer than 50 employees, and their attitudes to change, using data from regular quarterly small firm surveys conducted by the Small Business Research Trust, especially from the 1,212 respondents to the fourth quarter of 1999 (15:4,...

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Strategies for internationalisation within SMEs: the key role of the owner‐manager

Lloyd‐Reason, Lester; Mughan, Terry - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 9 (2002) 2, pp. 120-129

Based on the practical experiences of the authors through their work on a LEONARDO project, this paper focuses on the internationalisation process within small and medium sized enterprises and in particular, the key role of the attitudes and behaviour of the owner‐manager. The paper argues...

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Industrial relations in the SME sector of the British economy: an empirical perspective

Matlay, Harry - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 9 (2002) 3, pp. 307-318

Despite the growing significance afforded to small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in contemporary Britain, much of the industrial relations (IR) literature in this country is based on research undertaken in large organisations. The minority of IR studies that are focused on smaller firms...

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Competitive advantage and entrepreneurial power

Beaver, Graham; Jennings, Peter - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 12 (2005) 1, pp. 9-23

– The paper suggests that the almost egotistical attitude displayed by many entrepreneurs, constitutes an abuse of the trust …

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Does government matter?

Lerner, Miri; Menahem, Gila; Hisrich, Robert D. - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 12 (2005) 2, pp. 192-210

new immigrants as self‐employed entrepreneurs or salaried employees, and to determine the effect, if any, of gender and …

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The context of entrepreneurship in Hong Kong

Man, Thomas W.Y.; Lau, Theresa - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 12 (2005) 4, pp. 464-481

Purpose – The context of Hong Kong has nurtured numerous small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in which the owner/managers have exhibited rather consistent set of characteristics over decades despite shifts in the industrial structure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how...

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Who are the Chinese private entrepreneurs?

Chen, Guangjin; Li, Jun; Matlay, Harry - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 13 (2006) 2, pp. 148-160

/methodology/approach – The paper employs a questionnaire survey approach, involving a sample of private entrepreneurs who responded in 1993, 1997 …, 2000, 2002, and 2004. Findings – The findings reveal a remarkable change in the origin of private entrepreneurs, from a … lower to a higher social background. It emerges that individuals were primarily motivated to become private entrepreneurs by …

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SME financing in the UK and in China: a comparative perspective

Hussain, Javed; Millman, Cindy; Matlay, Harry - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 13 (2006) 4, pp. 584-599

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to outline the preliminary results of an empirical investigation into access to finance and related issues, as experienced by SME owner/managers in the UK and in China. Design/methodology/approach – The authors employed a telephone survey involving a...

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The entrepreneur in the Born Global firm in Australia and Sweden

Andersson, Svante; Evangelista, Felicitas - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 13 (2006) 4, pp. 642-659

entrepreneurs that affect the establishment of Born Global firms. The differences between the Australian and Swedish contexts will … can be obtained directly from the entrepreneurs themselves. The sample consists of three Born Global firms each from … Australia and Sweden. Findings – This study shows the importance of entrepreneurs for the rapid internationalization of firms in …

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The split entrepreneurial identity of the farmer

Mikko Vesala, Kari; Peura, Juuso; McElwee, Gerard - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 14 (2007) 1, pp. 48-63

sample of non‐farm rural entrepreneurs ( n =590) and portfolio farmers ( n =2,200). Findings – It emerges that portfolio …

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