Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in economic development, they offer the most economical use of capital in relation to job creation and provide the strongest channel for development and innovation. Innovation is recognized as an essential component of the economic growth...

Purpose – This paper aims to open a dialogue between academic accounts of the subprime crisis and The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare. Design/methodology/approach – Andre Orlean’s analysis of the crisis published in 2009 is closely examined to trace the ways in which it...