The literature suggests that improving the management knowledge and skills of owner-managers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contributes to their survival and growth (Fuller-Love 2006; Thomson et al 2001). New Zealand commentators contend that there is considerable scope for further...

Objectives: Managerial capability in New Zealand SMEs has been perceived by policy makers as a factor that has constrained SME growth and development (MED, 2008). The New Zealand Centre for SME Research (NZSMERC) has undertaken a programme of research on managerial capability in New Zealand...

<title/> The paper provides an analysis of the role of 'external' or non-executive directors and their relationship with entrepreneurs in small growth companies, focusing on their impact and style of intervention. We provide qualitative and quantitative analysis of research based on 46 face-to-face...

Against a background of perceptions of women's low participation in entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom, this paper critically reviews recent policy developments in the provision of public sector support for women in enterprise. The available statistical evidence for women's participation in...

The authors examine the provision of enterprise support to ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) in five cities in the United Kingdom. The central focus is on the nature of support provision, including relationship with the commercial banks. It is well established that EMBs are underrepresented as...

Purpose – Whilst all models of the entrepreneurial process identify the role of networking as important at both the start-up and developmental stage of a business latterly these models have expanded the notion of networking and embraced the concept of social capital. However, much of the...