Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the types and the nature of innovations developed by small companies in a traditional service sector, as well as the ways that innovations impact their strategic capabilities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides evidence from...

Purpose – Platform‐independent low‐cost instant messaging (IM) may allow small businesses with limited financial and technical resources to communicate and collaborate internally and externally. Little research has been done investigating IM in the small business context. This study seeks...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a data system to assess failure probability in small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) reorganization. Design/methodology/approach – The data system is based on information from 83 reorganized Finnish SMEs. Information is divided into four...

Purpose – Through the dual analysis of small business‐owner relations with their banks and accountants, this paper aims to address conflicting interpretations of how small business owners may optimise their banking relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Site visits were made to 49...

The past two decades have witnessed little, if any, growth in the numbers of small firms with employees in the UK. At the same time, a substantial growth in the numbers of self‐employed without employees as a component of the UK national labour force has been witnessed. The current article...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reality of financial and management accounting in a small group of small firms. Specifically, from the owner's perspective, an exploration is undertaken to see what financial information is collected, how it is used (or not) to make...

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Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, published by and copyright Emerald.

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, published by and copyright Emerald.

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, published by and copyright Emerald Publishing Group Limited.