The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of the knowledge creation process in the knowledge-based small business. The authors consider how a complexity science perspective of knowledge is useful in this regard. So for example, the complexity of knowledge creation might be seen as...

National policy support in the United Kingdom for the social and solidarity economy is complex, often caught between central and local interventions, both direct and indirect. According to the authors, there has been legislation, underpinned by an ideology of business deregulation and a more...

National policy support in the United Kingdom for the social and solidarity economy is complex, often caught between central and local interventions, both direct and indirect. According to the authors, there has been legislation, underpinned by an ideology of business deregulation and a more...

Despite government support for a number of initiatives to encourage more small firms to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) implementation of ICTs has been a slow and very diverse development. This article examines the relationship between small firms and ICTs and highlights...

There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream...

1. Introduction : enterprise and deprivation / Alan Southern -- 2. Enterprise : a route out of disadvantage and deprivation? / Julian Frankish, Richard Roberts and David Storey -- 3. Blind faith : entrepreneurship and the revitalization of inner-city minority communities / Timothy Bates and...