Purpose The purpose of this paper was to investigate gender differences in entrepreneurship development. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative study consisted of an on-line questionnaire administered to a random sample of 206 owner-manager CEOs across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Various...

Purpose: Commensurate with the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED), this retrospective work distils trends across all original articles published in the journal during this time period. Design/methodology/approach: Bibliometric analysis...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate how social media use (SMU) affects the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and entrepreneurial opportunities (EOP) of start-ups. Design/methodology/approach: The hypothesis testing and analysis were conducted using the partial least squares approach...

What can public policy do to create an environment conducive to entrepreneurship? What, if any, should be the extent and nature of governmental intervention in the economic sphere to achieve this purpose? These questions have been a subject of long debate. The author of this paper has attempted...

This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research...

Post-communist Europe provides a rich context to examine the role of governmental policies in entrepreneurial activity. While transitional economies shared similar experiences during their journey to a market economy, one is able to see differences in their approaches. This qualitative study...

Purpose – Beneath Canada's Northwest Territories lies a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Will a $16 billion gas-pipeline bring prosperity or gloom? Will this bring employment opportunities for local people or will more qualified people be brought in from southern...

Indigenous people are struggling to reassert their nationhood within the post-colonial states in which they find themselves. Claims to their traditional lands and the right to use the resources of these lands are central to their drive to nationhood. Traditional lands are the 'place' of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an account of the enterprising Aivilingmiut people of Repulse Bay (Naujaat), formerly a hub of the now-defunct whaling industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on literature spanning 185 years from 1825 to 2009. Findings...