strategy; the employment of external support; and investment in IT training. The study draws on survey data from over 260 firms …

‐managers more aware of the importance of training to their long‐term success. If owner‐managers of small businesses worldwide both … employers spend around one per cent of payroll on training. Lack of investment in training is an often‐cited reason why … training is conducted, formally and informally, in a sample of small businesses. According to the results of the study and a …

This paper discusses the utilisation of employee training and development initiatives in the UK focusing specifically …, assessment of such variables is essential when developing appropriate and accessible training initiatives. Evidence from a small … influence upon utilisation of training and development programmes would be warranted.  …

Training and management development in the smaller‐firm sector is an often‐neglected area. Presents the findings and …

Reviews the small firm training field, focusing specifically on exporting. Reports on an action learning programme …

(SIRIMEX) for providing training and helping to implement TQM in SMIs.  …

Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying … resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable …