Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of transformational business practices using the construct of organizational place building. The objective is to develop a more expansive model of place building that examines and the potential of their business practices on place....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine practices of and differences between small and large organizations as they relate to the training of sales managers. Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing a survey approach, data were collected from a sample of sales managers and trainers...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the fundamental purpose of the 1992 Small Business Incentive Act (SBIA) to reduce the regulatory burden for small firms to raise public equity capital. Design/methodology/approach – Our research compares initial public offerings (IPOs) that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify which small businesses are most “debt sensitive”, or most likely to be affected by banking market conditions. Design/methodology/approach – For the primary debt sensitivity categories, the paper hypothesizes that bank conditions are most...

Purpose – Sets out to nvestigate the adoption of and application of the market orientation concept within the small business sector using Michigan, USA, as a study setting. Design/methodology/approach – Following a literature review, a pilot study involving face‐to‐face interviews with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify which small businesses are most “debt sensitive”, or most likely to be affected by banking market conditions. Design/methodology/approach – For the primary debt sensitivity categories, the paper hypothesizes that bank conditions are most...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the fundamental purpose of the 1992 Small Business Incentive Act (SBIA) to reduce the regulatory burden for small firms to raise public equity capital. Design/methodology/approach – Our research compares initial public offerings (IPOs) that...

Purpose – To examine the effects of urbanization and industrial concentration on the propensity of firms to export, and to determine whether these aspects of geography affect smaller firms differently than larger ones. Design/methodology/approach – Based on expectations from economic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the attitudes towards and knowledge about entrepreneurship and small business among the people of Nebraska, a mid‐western state in the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses the importance of understanding attitudes and...