learning in SMEs. It contributes to the SME scientific literature by investigating how SMEs learn from their alliance partners.  …

Purpose – The accumulation of knowledge and learning by firms has been identified as being critical to their … the retention of tacit knowledge as tacit, while utilising elements of formality. The paper finds that learning for … management team need to take the lead in marshalling commitment to learning processes and in cultivating an organisational …

owner‐manager learning takes place. The implications for owner‐managers and the support environment are explored and … recommendations for further research to explore the empirical reality of owner‐manager learning are presented.  …

learning can be said to have a critical role in entrepreneurial achievement, the relationship is not well understood and, given … ventures. In‐depth interviews explored their stories of the learning they experienced during their careers and business … model which relates the development of entrepreneurial learning to entrepreneurial achievement is proposed.  …

This paper is concerned with the learning needs of managers in SMEs that seek to become progressively international. A … particular focus of attention is the informal learning practices that occur within the economic and social networks utilised by … payment and manage foreign intermediaries. Further areas of learning need, which depend on the significance of international …

learning and thereby enhancing the performance of small firms. Additionally, there appears to be minimal guidance available on … learning style of small UK manufacturing firms participating in some form of cooperative relationship with other members of … their market supply chain. Learning style in the survey was measured by seeking response to a scale which permits assessment …

Purpose – The article aims to explore critically and contribute to the development of the social learning debate by … learning process is that of the owner/manager, having both the power and legitimacy to influence practice. Design …. Such a perspective enables one to draw attention to the situated, mediate and local nature of practice and learning …