Canadian employers are largely small businesses. Their relevance for job creation and labour demand is integral for policymakers concerned with adverse labour market outcomes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) we document how the self-employed,...

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...

In dieser Studie wird den Fragen nachgegangen, welche Rolle die eigene Ausbildung von Fachkräften für die Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs bisher gespielt hat und zukünftig spielen wird, insbesondere aber, ob und inwiefern vor allem kleine und mittlere Betriebe Schwierigkeiten haben,...

In dieser Studie wird den Fragen nachgegangen, welche Rolle die eigene Ausbildung von Fachkräften für die Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs bisher gespielt hat und zukünftig spielen wird, insbesondere aber, ob und inwiefern vor allem kleine und mittlere Betriebe Schwierigkeiten haben,...

Previous research has established that certain personality traits represent predictors of start-up activity. We argue that similar cognitive processes that affect entrepreneurship also play a role in firm-level innovativeness. For example, open-ness to novelty can be regarded as a key component...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...