The purpose of this paper is to review the relevant literature concerning the skills and knowledge of owner-managers in small firms and to show how these might be enhanced and made more effective through alternative transferral and ‘teaching' strategies. It is shown that small firms are not...

Training Enterprise Councils (TECs) were established in the early 1990s in a rush of government and public/private agency enthusiasm and, although the main thrust of the TEC initiative is concentrated on providing Vocational Education Training (VET), they also have a remit to administer and...