It has been argued that networking by owner-managers of small businesses will enhance business performance. Yet to define and demonstrate the presence of networking activity is suffused with methodological difficulties. In this paper the authors attempt to disentangle some of these difficulties....

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to address the fundamental nature of skill and identify how an examination of skill may be introduced into theoretical understanding of the entrepreneurial process. Design/methodology/approach – The paper undertakes a fundamental review of skill....

In the mid‐1970s, there was an upsurge of interest in the notion of worker participation at board level. Several influences contributed to this development, including initiatives from the EEC, experience of worker directors at BSC, political commitment from the then Labour Government,...

A survey of how redundancy situations are handled and carried out among 80 organisations reached through the Manchester branch of the Institute of Personnel Management, has raised many questions, suggesting the urgent need for more in‐depth research. Managerial styles of handling redundancy...

Sole practitioner solicitors′ firms provide a unique and relatively cost‐effective service. Such firms are believed to be at risk because of a trend within the legal profession towards larger practices offering a wider and more sophisticated range of services. Research reported here,...

This paper explores a phenomenon known as entrapment. Entrapment refers to situations where people become “locked into” decisions through the passage of time as distinct from actively re‐investing in failing projects. The present study examines Becker’s so called “side bets” theory...