Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a framework developed for assessing Community‐based Enterprises' (CBEs') impacts on poverty reduction at the household level in northern Thailand, in the context of the UN Millennium Development Goals. The focus is on the use of principal...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use a case study of Liverpool, UK, to perform a public choice analysis of the governance of Chinatown. This case study is a theoretical application of clubs and interest group theory to ethnic economies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is...

Purpose – Very little research has been conducted on the specific topic of intergenerational transmission of the entrepreneurial spirit. The current study aims to elucidate the concept of entrepreneurial spirit. The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors that influence sons and...

Purpose – Socio‐economic decline in rural areas is a pervasive and debilitating phenomenon in terms of regional development, particularly when former models of economic growth which once stimulated business generation and regeneration can no longer be counted on to do so. In these austere...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gap between the resources required to build a strong biotechnology ecosystem in Nebraska and the perception of resources currently available within the state for doing so. Design/methodology/approach – Using resource‐based theory...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the social bottom line in subsistence markets or base of the pyramid. This examination aims to suggest that social strategies for the second bottom line should be focused at the community level in measurement, assessment and impact....

Purpose – Although higher education institutions have invested substantial resources in distance education (DE) courses, major problems are associated with cultural and organizational changes. The purpose of this article is to identify and portray the organizational and cultural changes...

Purpose – The difficulty associated with determining what constitutes immigrant entrepreneurial behaviour lies in the road being travelled differently by immigrants with regard to backgrounds, value systems, cultural heritages and host country characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to attempt to provide an insight into the individual aspects of academic entrepreneurship, defining a series of entrepreneurial profiles and investigating the challenges associated with each specific role as well as their impact on firm's performance....

Purpose – The gender gaps found in research in the growth of businesses headed by men or women may be the consequence of their different change‐oriented strategies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the premise that each genders' use of strategies associated with leading change in...