pt. 1. Processes and practices of SMEs and global trading -- pt. 2. Management, leadership and strategy in global SMEs -- pt. 3. Learning, skills and knowledge in doing global business -- pt. 4. SMEs in the global economy : policy perspectives.

Lester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in this critical guide to the ongoing, worldwide research shaping the role played by SMEs within today’s global economy. The expert contributors contend that the past twenty years have seen an explosion in...

Lester Lloyd-Reason and Leigh Sear bring together leading researchers and thinkers in this critical guide to the ongoing, worldwide research shaping the role played by SMEs within today’s global economy. The expert contributors contend that the past twenty years have seen an explosion in...

This paper considers "employability" andthe skills and competencies now needed to compete in the new labor market. Itis argued that a set of "enterprising skills" should be adopted as thenew employability skills set in the U.K. A previous definition offered by A.A. Gibb to provide insights into...

The paper uses data gathered from both the demand and supply side in the North East. Insights are gained from two studies of owner-managers of small businesses and one study of the five universities in the North East of England, to characterise enterprising skills as a new employability skills...

The QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (England) in General Business and Management states that ‘Preparation for business should be taken to mean the development of a range of specific business knowledge and skills, together with the improved self-awareness and personal...