The entrepreneur, in one form or another, has been around a long time in both economic theory and empirical studies of entry. Argues that these traditions have exhibited an over‐concern with the entrepreneur′s function at the expense of the supply of entrepreneurs, an area which has received...

The bulk of research in international exchange has adopted an exporter perspective. In contrast, the work reported here incorporates the importer side of the dyad. The research used an extensive multiple case study design involving 36 exporter‐importer dyads operating across four countries....

Purpose – To review empirical contributions to the small business growth literature since the mid‐1990s. Design/methodology/approach – Narrative review of the literature using the framework adopted in previous reviews: management strategies; characteristics of the entrepreneur;...

Represents an experiment in style and methodology. Presents stories of managing decline in a rapidly deregulating environment. Collected data from managers in the New Zealand footwear manufacturing industry in face‐to‐face interviews with the intention of giving an insider view of strategic...

In 1984 the authors conducted a survey of general managers in Christchurch, New Zealand, to learn how they approached their work. The managers were asked to respond to a questionnaire listing ten different facets of managerial work. The methodology and findings are presented in this article in...

The transition of functional specialists into general managers is recognised as a priority area for management education. This article is concerned with those factors and events which general managers themselves regard as having been the main influences on their careers. It addresses the...

A review article on the determinants of export performance seeking to extend the pioneering work of Aaby and Slater (1989). Applies the meta‐analytic vote‐counting method to a set of 100 studies of export performance published during 1978 to 1991. Identifies those elements of Aaby and...

Reviews the entrepreneurship and small business literature in search of a basis for gender‐specific explanations of business development. Contends that small business development needs to be interpreted without resort to frameworks that exclude one gender or the other, and identifies a need...

Draws on two surveys of New Zealand general managers – the first conducted in early 1984, the second at the end of 1991 – to assess the impact on managers of the substantial deregulation of the domestic economy. Average age, work hours, educational level and career path changed little over...